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Tea caddy

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1907-1919

GUSN

GUSN-179702

Description

Porcelain cylindrical tea caddy with lid. Decorated with a swag of greenery held up by blue ribbons. Above each curve of the swag is a pink rosebud. Also decorated with gilt designs. Base with squared handles. Lid with squared loop finial.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tea caddies (containers)
cookware
porcelain
Limoges
Caddy

Inscription

"T & V / LIMOGES / FRANCE" (Green glaze mark, T & V enclosed by a rectangle, other text below)
"LIMOGES / T.V." (Red bell glaze mark)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Tressemanes & Vogt (Manufacturer)

Dimensions

4 x 4 3/4 x 3 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.3043.14ab

Places

Limoges (Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France)

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