Tea Caddy Tea Caddy

This is a Tea caddy. It was manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory and painted by Johann Georg Heintze. It is dated ca. 1740 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (a,b: overall): 12.8 × 8.4 × 5.2 cm (5 1/16 × 3 5/16 × 2 1/16 in.) H x W x D (a: caddy): 10.3 × 8.4 × 5.2 cm (4 1/16 × 3 5/16 × 2 1/16 in.) H x diam. (b: lid): 3.8 × 3.1 cm (1 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside of tea caddy: [1] "R.", painted in gold (gilder's mark) [2] "65527" above "P x C" (?), painted in gold (very faint, the "6" crossed out?) [3] "OX" (?), impressed in corner (possibly other incised numbers or letters present but very faint, modeler's mark) [4] "K" (?), painted in blue (?) Underside of cover: [1] "R.", painted in gold (gilder's mark)

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

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