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Double Tea Caddy: C.1240-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

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Double Tea Caddy

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Nottingham pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: Unidentified Crich pottery (Possibly)

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Description

Lustrous brown salt-glazed stoneware. Two rectangular caddies attached by one of the narrow sides, each having a short cylindrical neck. The decoration is integrally moulded in relief on the long sides with a mermaid with a comb and mirror beside a spray of flowers, repeated four times, and on the narrow ends there is impressed trellis-diaper pattern. The initials and date 'E.H. 1770' are scratched on the base.

Notes

History note: Mr George Stoner, London, from whom bought on 2 October 1905 for £5 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 13 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George III
Production date: dated AD 1770

Note

This tea caddy could have been made in Nottingham, or at Crich in Derbyshire

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze
Body

Materials used in production

Stoneware

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1240-1928
Primary reference Number: 71647
Old object number: 2506

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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