Pair of Tea Caddies and Covers

The tea caddies are of rectangular form with the sides moulded in scrolls and scrollwork. The cover similarly moulded and surmounted by a flower knop. Each has on either side a projecting pram-like handle moulded with scrollwork decoration heightened in gold. On each side of each caddy the scrollwork forms a panel upon which is painted in puce enamel a scene of figures in a landscape. The edge of the covers and the caddies are gilded. Made for the Paris Exhibition 1871. Size: Height: 18.5 cm.

Collection

Bowes Museum

Inventory Number

1575182

Title

Pair of Tea Caddies and Covers

Object Type

Image

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