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Description: | Tall rectangular tea caddy, with narrow cylindrical neck and turned knops applied to each corner of shoulder. Front of caddy decorated with sprigged lion passant guardant with brown slip eyes, above date '1759' within pattern of concentric circles and brickwork, all in incised scratch-blue technique. Surmounting this, scratch-blue inscription reads 'Ms / ELIZEBETh / BENNET' with small flourish at top right. Reverse side decorated with similar sprigged lion and blue brickwork, surmounted by inscription 'GREEN / TEA / OR / BOE', flanked by two flowering leafy plants. Sides of caddy decorated in blue with flowering plants, a thistle on one side, a sunflower(?) on the other. Shoulder decorated with four small overlapping scale motifs between corner knops. Cylindrical cover with central flower finial, decorated in scratch-blue with floral sprays and a single bird.
Technique: applied relief
Material: ceramics
Material: stoneware
Material: slab-built
Material: salt-glazed
Material: incised
Material: cobalt blue
Material: scratch-blue
jar & tea caddy made in Staffordshire, England, Britain, Europe, 1759, (1923.526). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.2759 | Go to resource |
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