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Hexagonal tea Caddy (originally called Canister)

ca. 1720

Possibly decorated outside the manufactory, ca. 1730. This tea caddy’s form evokes the Far East, which was also the regional source of the tea it held. Its molded and gilded decoration is European. The stylized leaves and the elegant, symmetrical scrollwork derive from late baroque metalwork.

Böttger porcelain

4 in. (10.16 cm), height

1 7/16 in. (3.65 cm), diameter

Gift of Martha and Henry Isaacson

69.193

Provenance: Collection 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: Paul Macapia

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)

Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie. "Coffee, Tea and Chocolate Wares in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1991, illus. p. 4

Emerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 33

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