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Object NameTea Caddy with Canister and Bottles
Made FromLead Glass, presumably; Silver
Dateabout 1800
Place MadeEngland
TechniqueBlown, Cut
Sizea) Canister H: 12 cm, W: 7 cm, D: 10.25 cm; b) Bottle H: 12.5 cm, W: 7.5 cm, D: 10.5 cm; c) Bottle H: 12.5 cm, W: 7.5 cm, D: 10.25 cm
Accession Number51.2.181
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
In Sparkling Company: Glass and the Costs of Social Life in Britain during the 1700s
Title Unknown (Rich's)
Title Unknown (Gump's)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTea Caddy with Canister and Bottles. Colorless lead glass, silver, light blue satin, wood; blown, cut. Tea Caddy Set. Canister has straight-sided oval form with cut flat panels trisected by single horizontal triangular rib, star cut base; canister without shoulder, silver collar fitted over rim. Two bottles. Each have short sloping and paneled shoulder and short neck fitted with silver collar to which is hinged a silver lid having an engraved crest at center. Sheraton inlaid satin wood caddy, compartment for each piece and lined with blue.Provenance
Source
Steuben Glass, Inc.
(American, founded 1903)
purchased from Cecil Davis, London, England
purchased from Cecil Davis, London, England
Former Collection
Cecil Davis
