Tea Caddy

Item Information

Title:
Tea Caddy
Description:
Rectangular form with epauletted shoulders; high cylindrical neck with domed lid; en grisaille chain border encircling floral center; spearhead band border on shoulder; flat ball cover with spearhead border at rim and gilded fruit-like finial with leaves.
Date:
1790–1810
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
porcelain (material)
enameling
gilding (technique)
grisaille
tea caddies (containers)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
spearheads
Porcelain
Gilded
Enameled
Spearhead
Chain
Grisaille
Places:
Maine > York (county) > York Harbor
Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.)
Extent:
5.5 in. x 1.563 in. x 3.219 in. (H x W x L); 1.188 in. x 1.563 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/4134
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
Accession #:
1977.410.3AB
Identifier:
4134