Tea caddy cover
Worcester Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1770 - 1775
Materials
Soft paste porcelain
Measurements
40 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Worcester
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Saltram, Devon
NT 870972.2
Summary
Cover for a tea canister, soft paste porcelain, domed cover with flaring flange, floral knop, Worcester Porcelain Factory, 1770-5; decorated with 'dry blue' overglaze blue enamels, with floral spraysm, simple dentil gilt border to the rim and details of the knop picked out in gilt, moulded leaves to the cover picked out in gilt.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley
Makers and roles
Worcester Porcelain Factory, manufacturer