15929609740001312637261000Standard Recordobject-75535170810661440816426967110001708106603488fitz-onlineadlib-object-75535https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75535294d2ec1-c5fd-390e-8c8b-3bbcd313dd428referenceterm-42825adlib-term-42825858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39dstonewarereferenceterm-113617adlib-term-113617e7f652e0-545e-352e-bece-b5fb0dff1b88white salt-glazed stonewarereferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. Glaisherreferenceterm-37110adlib-term-37110ef92f1a8-1400-3fa3-863f-e099781ea442salt-glazeSurfacereferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationremnants of on the relief designreferenceterm-29589adlib-term-295899c77bd0e-93da-304a-9024-94c390e0cb11oil gildingApplied Artswhite salt-glazed stoneware, press-moulded with decoration in relief of a flowering tea shrub titled 'CIA or TE herb' and a vine titled 'Herb Teng', embellished with oil gilding of which little remainsOff-white stoneware, press-moulded with integral relief decoration, salt-glazed and oil-gilded. The rectangular caddy was moulded in two halves and has a recessed base and a cylindrical neck. One of the long sides is decorated with a tea plant, to the right of which is impressed 'CIA/or TE/herb'. On the other long side is a vine growing over the branch of a tree, on the right of which is a label inscribed 'H[erb Te]. The reliefs were originally embellished with oil gilding but little of this remains. The two short sides,the shoulder and the neck are undecorated.C.563-19281accession numberC.563-192875535priref75535old object number4232urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75535https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75535on the tea shrub sidepress moulded integrally with bodyCIA or TE herbinscriptionalmost illegibleon the vine sidepres-moulded integrally with bodyH[erbe Te]inscriptionreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequestreferenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928-12-07bequeathedthe Glaisher ceramic collection was entered in the accession register as one item with the date of Dr Glaisher's death175017501750circa175017551175517551755productionreferenceagent-188993adlib-agent-1889937550c9da-135b-3f18-9344-2303a850cf51Unidentified Staffordshire factorySmall vertical firing cracks and faint vertical lines down the short sides show where the two moulded sides were joined.The designs on the long sides were derived from 'An Appendix or Special Remarks taken at large out of Athanasius Kircher in his Antiquities of China'. in Johan Nieuhoff's An Embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China, 'Englished' by John Ogilby, Esq., London, 1669. One engraving has the same title as on the tea caddy; 'CIA or TE herbe'; the vine is titled 'Vimen Sinicum called TENG'. The tea shrub was also copied on an octagonal English delftware tea caddy in the Fitzwilliam Museum, C.1536-1928.referenceterm-106451adlib-term-1064519cdfd62c-ee07-3884-ae08-c797aad0863118th Century, Midreferenceterm-107736adlib-term-107736e93a8dd1-d76d-320b-be9b-afa352e322a1George IIreferenceterm-42825adlib-term-42825858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39dstonewareDepthcm5.4Heightcm9.8Widthcm7.7referencemedia-45461adlib-media-45461add89085-d515-37a6-a75f-d297772640f6jpegaa/aa7/C_563_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162722274421imagejpegaa/aa7/mid_C_563_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50016162722274421imagejpegaa/aa7/C_563_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162722274421imagejpegaa/aa7/preview_C_563_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25016162722274421image0media
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imagereferenceterm-90377adlib-term-903776f8b3cf6-dc9e-3ca4-b10f-bedbc8dfe47btea caddyhistory noteMr George Stoner, London, from whom purchased for £11 on 17 December 1917 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher FRS, Trinity College, Cambridgereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. l, p. 84, no. 563, vol. II, pl. 36E84referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgeCf. p. 176, an example, and the book plate, p. 177, fig. 5.176-7referencepublication-200002019adlib-publication-200002019ae3d93bc-e7af-3f48-8f18-7fdf355a26dbJohann Nieuhoff's Embassy: An inspiration for relief decoration on English stoneware and eathenwareCf. p. 185, no. 88 ,and pl. 22. Inv. no. 1887,0307,G.88. See also another similar caddy, inv. no. 1919,0503.108.185referencepublication-1562adlib-publication-1562d150f7c8-9906-318d-b822-6f7784da8a3eCatalogue of the Collection of English Pottery in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museumreferencepublication-3517adlib-publication-35176783a2d3-88a3-35ff-b050-c468caa49d88English Saltglazed Earthenware. "Saltglaze" with the Notes of a CollectorCf. p. 29, no. 122, and pl. 18 a pair of similar tea caddies. Inv. nos. 414:958-1885 and 414:958/A-1885. See the V. & A. website for a full catalogue entry and notes on the design of this caddy29referencepublication-2869adlib-publication-28699fa7f8fc-4e47-32b8-b3c3-ae42c45c91d2Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Ceramics, Catalogue of English Porcelain, Earthenware, Enamels and Glass collected by Charles Schreiber Esq., M.P., and the Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Schreiber, and presented to the Museum in 1884, Volume II, EarthenwareCf. p. 56, no. 121. Inv. no. 1923-411. The Fitzwilliam's example is mentioned.56referencepublication-7364adlib-publication-7364e1006807-7dd3-3563-9447-3a29affc64e5The Incomparable Art. English Pottery from the Thomas Greg CollectionCf. p. 31, no. 52 a similar tea caddy, not illustrated. Dated to the 1750s. Inv. no. 10.92/38.31referencepublication-1037adlib-publication-1037422968c6-2a4f-374e-9ab7-3efacf524c4aCreamware and other English Pottery at Temple Newsam House, LeedsCf. p. 18, lot 62. The Fitzwilliam's example is mentioned.18referencepublication-8855adlib-publication-8855943c10a8-d425-31f8-a0f8-7f55a87aec8dEnglish PotteryCf. p. 62, lot 162, a green and orange lead-glazed tea caddy of this design. The Fitzwilliam example is mentioned.62referencepublication-2613adlib-publication-2613bb6bf94c-77c7-33cf-b3aa-fe69ccfc7b8eEarly English and Continental Ceramics, 19th February 1991Cf. pp. 172, lot 142, the green and orange lead-glazed example mentioned above, and on p. 173, the two book plates which were the sources of the designs on the sides172-3referencepublication-5564adlib-publication-5564b194552f-9558-3151-b62b-9a5979d7a0a0Important English Pottery, The Harriet Carlton Goldweitz CollectionCf. p. 292, no. H.12, a probably Bristol delftware octagonal tea caddy decorated with the tea plant after the same engraving292referencepublication-7519adlib-publication-751966216bb6-1f3a-3a73-a29c-2d840342ae63Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceterm-110510adlib-term-110510575b4884-ccb6-3ee0-a3ae-bd038641f654Oriental stylereferenceterm-126976adlib-term-126976f4ab1dc6-391d-3d9d-be80-54036d11676btea drinkingplantreferenceterm-121351adlib-term-12135157b7fff8-d08f-3234-8faf-3ea8e97e35cetea plantliteraltea planttea plantreferenceterm-90377adlib-term-903776f8b3cf6-dc9e-3ca4-b10f-bedbc8dfe47btea caddytea caddywhite stoneware, press-moulded, assembled, salt-glazed, and oil gilded on the reliefs, only remnants of which remainreferenceterm-120085adlib-term-12008568c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714press-mouldingreferenceterm-120043adlib-term-1200435cfbfafc-b55f-3261-8e8b-6043f5d90289salt-glazingobject
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