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Tea caddy

Chinese export
About 1800
Object Place: Lowestoft

Medium/Technique Porcelain, colored enamels
Dimensions Legacy dimension: H. .14 cm
Credit Line Gift of Miss Olive Lothrop Grover
Accession Number21.2524a-b
OUT ON LOAN
On display at The Parkman House, since June 13, 1973
CollectionsEurope, Asia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionFlat rectangular body with arched top and cylindrical neck; domed cover with ornament in form of nut and leaves. Cover does not match caddy. Decorated in green, purple and red enamels.
ProvenanceOlive Lothrop Grover (b. 1874 - d. 1935)