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Double Tea Caddy
Pottery:
Unidentified Nottingham pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Unidentified Crich pottery
(Possibly)
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.
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
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 13 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Production date:
dated
AD 1770
This tea caddy could have been made in Nottingham, or at Crich in Derbyshire
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Body
Accession number: C.1240-1928
Primary reference Number: 71647
Old object number: 2506
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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