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1938

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Tea Caddy Tea Caddy

This is a Tea caddy. It was manufactured by Royal Worcester. It is dated ca. 1770 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, silver, metal. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 12.4 x 6.7 x 4.8 cm (4 7/8 x 2 5/8 x 1 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside: [1] crescent or "C" with hatched pattern, painted in underglaze blue (manufactory mark)

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Tea Caddy Tea Caddy; Manufactured by Royal Worcester (England, GB, United Kingdom); soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, silver, metal; H x W x D: 12.4 x 6.7 x 4.8 cm (4 7/8 x 2 5/8 x 1 7/8 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-589-a,b

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