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Pair of Tea or Sugar Caddies Caddies
This is a caddies. It was made by William Cripps. It is dated 1752 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Tea paraphernalia decorated with plantation scenes appropriate to their function were seen in works by Lamerie, Sprimont, and Pantin about twenty years before this example. Cripps incorporated scenes of tea picking into fully
developed rococo scrolls.
This object was
donated by
Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
It is credited Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
- Heatwave Radiator
- molded polyconcrete (polyester concrete), aluminum.
- Gift of Jaga, N.V..
- 2008-13-1-a/c
- Teapot And Lid (England)
- tin-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration.
- Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.
- 1931-40-44-a,b
Its dimensions are
H x W x D (overall (a,b)): 14.5 × 10.4 × 7 cm (5 11/16 × 4 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.) H x W x D (overall (c,d)): 15.4 × 10.9 × 8.5 cm (6 1/16 × 4 5/16 × 3 3/8 in.) H x W x D (caddy (a)): 11.5 × 10.4 × 7 cm (4 1/2 × 4 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.) H x W x D (lid (b)): 3 × 8.5 × 5.5 cm (1 3/16 × 3 3/8 × 2 3/16 in.) H x W x D (caddy (c)): 11.5 × 10.9 × 8.5 cm (4 1/2 × 4 5/16 × 3 3/8 in.) H x W x D (lid (d)): 3.7 × 8.3 × 7 cm (1 7/16 × 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
It has the following markings
On underside of caddy (a): [1] "W·C", impressed (maker's mark, William Cripps) [2] crowned leopard’s head in shield with three-lobed base, impressed (town mark, London, shield shape in use 1739-1756) [3] “r” in three-lobed shield, impressed (London date letter, 1752) [4] lion passant, impressed (standard mark, England) [5] weevil in rectangle, impressed (import mark, France) [6] “19 ‘ ‘ 6”, incised On interior of lid (b): [1] "W·C", impressed (maker's mark, William Cripps) On exterior of lid (b), on flange: [1] weevil in rectangle, impressed (import mark, France) On underside of caddy (c): [1] "W·C", impressed (maker's mark, William Cripps) [2] crowned leopard’s head in shield with three-lobed base, impressed (town mark, London, shield shape in use 1739-1756) [3] “r” in three-lobed shield, impressed (London date letter, 1752) [4] lion passant, impressed (standard mark, England) [5] weevil in rectangle, impressed (import mark, France) [6] “19 ‘ ‘ 3”, incised On interior of lid (d): [1] "W·C", impressed (maker's mark, William Cripps) On exterior of lid (d), on flange: [1] weevil in rectangle, impressed (import mark, France)
Cite this object as
Pair of Tea or Sugar Caddies Caddies; Made by William Cripps (d. 1767 active 1758–1767); England; silver; H x W x D (overall (a,b)): 14.5 × 10.4 × 7 cm (5 11/16 × 4 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.) H x W x D (overall (c,d)): 15.4 × 10.9 × 8.5 cm (6 1/16 × 4 5/16 × 3 3/8 in.) H x W x D (caddy (a)): 11.5 × 10.4 × 7 cm (4 1/2 × 4 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.) H x W x D (lid (b)): 3 × 8.5 × 5.5 cm (1 3/16 × 3 3/8 × 2 3/16 in.) H x W x D (caddy (c)): 11.5 × 10.9 × 8.5 cm (4 1/2 × 4 5/16 × 3 3/8 in.) H x W x D (lid (d)): 3.7 × 8.3 × 7 cm (1 7/16 × 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.); Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde; 1960-1-1-a/d
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Foreign Exchange, Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008 and The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
