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Caddy

Object Name:
Caddy
Object ID:
1914.014.102 a-b
Place of Origin:
Netherlands
Date:
1850-1900
Description:
Tea Caddy with Cover. Blue tin-glazed earthenware with dark blue painted decoration. Molded rectangular body with scroll shaped curving sides, flat shoulders, stepped, cylindrical neck and cylindrical cover. Heavy collar around neck. Front: figure holding pipe in foreground, water and sailboat with two people at right, church and trees in center, fort in distance with scroll and shell border, stippled background overall. Reverse: spray of flowers with scroll and shell border, stippled background overall. Floral sprays on ends and top of shoulder. Flower and scroll band around exterior of cover; floral spray on top. Dark blue bands around neck and top and bottom of body. Letters "_O_" painted on bottom.
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Material:
Ceramic
Earthenware - Tin-glazed
Dimensions:
H-5 W-2.7 L-3.8 inches
Provenance:
Ceramics collected by Martha E. Durgin (1833-1916) of Concord, NH. She began collecting in the late 1880s and donated the collection to the Society in 1914.
Credit Line:
Gift of Martha E. Durgin
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