Tea canister
Sutcliffe and Co.
Category
Metalwork
Date
1830 - 1870
Materials
Mother-of-pearl [pinctada maxima], Sheet iron
Measurements
480 mm (H)280 mm (W)
Place of origin
Manchester
Order this imageCollection
Greenway, Devon
NT 118971.2
Summary
One of a pair of black japanned cylindrical tole tea canisters, mid 19th century, with polygonal domed lidded tops, decorated with gilt foliage and oval reserves of ruins on a mother o' pearl chip field, numbered '16', Sutcliffe and Co. Makers, Manchester'.
Provenance
Introduced to the Property by Agatha Christie Mallowan
Marks and inscriptions
'Sutcliffe and Co. Makers, Manchester'
Makers and roles
Sutcliffe and Co., maker