Hexagonal tea caddy (originally called Canister)
Dateca. 1710-13
Object number69.178
ProvenanceCollection of Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson, unknown purchase date until December 1969; gift from Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1969
Photo CreditPhoto: Susan Dirk
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories From China To Europe", February 17 - May 7, 2000 (2/17 - 5/7/2000)Published ReferencesFroula, Christina. "Proust's China," in Modernism / modernity, Vol. 19, no. 2, April 2012, pp. 227-254, illus. p. 235, fig. 4
Emerson, Julie. "Coffee, Tea and Chocolate Wares in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1991, no. 2, p. 14
Emerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates. "Porcelain Stories From China To Europe." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pp. 30-31
Qian, Zhaoming (ed.). Modernism and the Orient. New Orleans: University of New Orleans Press, 2012; p. 83, reproduced fig. 4.Credit LineGift of Martha and Henry Isaacson
Dimensions5 in. (12.7 cm), height
1 3/4 in. (4.45 cm), diameter
MediumBöttger stoneware with black glaze
Meissen manufactory, German
ca. 1710-13
Object number: 69.177
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ca. 1715-20
Object number: 69.183
Meissen manufactory, German
ca. 1720
Object number: 69.193
Meissen manufactory, German
ca. 1730-35
Object number: 91.101.6
Meissen manufactory, German
ca. 1730-35
Object number: 91.102.3
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