Caddy

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Caddy

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.79

Description

Creamware tea caddy: Box-like body with smooth round neck at center top; top has four raised floral sprays at corner; three sides have raised molded design of waist-length female figure holding flowers within an escutcheon; fourth side, incised tulips in corners, two fill with brown and two with blue; also incised name: "Mary Beer, June ye 8th 1772; all four sides have beading around edges; creamy glaze on all sides; the mold was rectangular but the piece baked quite irregularly.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1772

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

5-1/4 in

Width

4 in

Depth

4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 4 x 4 in. (13.3 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm)

Material

Creamware

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Original lid no longer extant; 1/4" diameter surface chip on panel at left of incised panel; 6" crack extending across upper one-fifth of caddy; 3 cracks of 1/2" each at top rim; molded-flowers missing from all four molded floral designs on top. Revised condition 5/25/79.

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

There are at least two more of these, made for individuals and with inscriptions and dates, in Williamsburg. A creamware example is inscribed "Mrs. Mary Chase, Rimberton October 10, 1772 and the salt glaze stoneware example is inscribed "Ann Tapper" and dated 1770. Neg. no.: 37 According to John Austin, Curator of Ceramics and Glass at Colonial Williamsburg, these tea caddies cannot be attributed to a particular factory with any certainty.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Old Parlour