Can
- Object Name:
- Can
- Object ID:
- 1942.019.09
- Date:
- circa 1790
- Description:
- Tea Caddy. Octagonal tin box with angled corners and flat, hinged top, which fits over flange on body. Small shaped loop handle in center of lid. Box painted to resemble inlaid wood. Ground black with gold bands separated by wavy lines around base and edge of top. Fine decorative scroll work around key hole. Vertical edge of lid decorated with leaf and flower motifs alternating with vertical gold banding against a dark gold background, each panel treated separately. Key inside.
- Material:
- Metal
Tin - Dimensions:
- H-4.25 W-4.25 D-3.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Paper insides reads, "Tea caddy 1790 Mrs. K.B. Lewis"; perhaps Miss Jewell's source.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
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