Tea caddy
Category
Ceramics
Date
1700 - 1730
Materials
Tin-glazed earthenware (Dutch faience or delftware), overglaze enamels (Delft Doré)
Measurements
130 mm (Height); 66 mm (Diameter); 33 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Delft
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Saltram, Devon
NT 870973.1
Summary
Tea canister (or caddy) with a replacement silver cover, tin-glazed earthenware (Dutch faience, or Delft Doré), of square section, the sides are decorated in fluted molding and raised oval wreaths, painted in overglaze enamels with figures of Chinese women, the remainder of the canister with formally painted flowers. The whole in a palette of red, green, black and gilding. Delft, The Netherlands, c. 1700 - 1730.
Full description
This style of decoration with overglaze enamels is known as Delft Doré.
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