TEA CADDY (BOÎTE À THÉ)

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Drawing Room

About this object

The ground is pink, the shape is rectangular with oblique corners, a slightly domed top with a small round opening with a collar and cover, the front and back have each a medallion reserved in white and framed by a gold band tooled with matte and polished triangles, each containing a painted landscape-on one side with a small figure walking on a road towards some buildings, on the other with a small rectangular building containing a fountain from which a small figure fills a cup, the rest of the box is covered with a lattice made of stylized leaves in gold and blue.

Object name:

TEA CADDY (BOÎTE À THÉ)

Made from:

Soft paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, France

Date made:

1762

Size:

3 × 2 1/2 in. (7.6 × 6.4 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.90.1-2

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK .1 (pot) Crossed L's, and the date letter K for 1762; also an incised mark

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973