Tea canister
Worcester Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1770 - 1775
Materials
Soft Paste Porcelain
Measurements
15 mm (Height); 48 mm (Diameter)40 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Worcester
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Saltram, Devon
NT 870972
Summary
Tea canister and cover, soft paste porcelain, standing on low spreading foot, ovoid body and short, cylindrical neck, domed cover with flaring flange, floral knop, Worcester Porcelain Factory, 1770-5; decorated with 'dry blue' overglaze blue enamels, with floral sprays and occassional individual sprigs, simple dentil gilt border to the foot, neck and rim, details of the knop picked out in gilt, the cover with moulded leaves picked out in gi
Makers and roles
Worcester Porcelain Factory, manufacturer