Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Red stoneware cut and polished; silver lid. Rectangular with straight sides and top, which has a rectangular aperture in the middle into which the cover fits. It is decorated on all sides with cut daisies, tulips, stylized flowers, sprays of leaves, insects and snakes. The lid is engraved with a spray of leaves across the corners and a fruit in the centre surrounding the knob.
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Depth: 5.4 cm
Height: 11.1 cm
Width: 9.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1939-05)
18th Century, Early#
Frederick I
Augustus II
Circa
1710
CE
-
1715
CE
Tea Caddy
composed of
red stoneware
Lid
composed of
silver
Accession number: EC.12 & A-1939
Primary reference Number: 140392
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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