Caddy

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Caddy

Entry/Object ID

MP.87.46 a-b

Description

Pewter tea caddy, relatively rectangular in shape with curved sides and domed lid: sides cyma curva-cyma reversa in outline and meet to form "cut" corners; top of body flares upward to plain ring neck; slightly domed lid with quarter and half rounds at edge fits over neck of tea caddy; overall pattern of interlocking foliate devices on stippled background. Glued to bottom is a cloth label with "E. A. Livingston" written in ink.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1834 - 1867 Date made: r. 1834 - 1867

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

MP.87.46 A-B

MP.87.46a-b

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall height 3 1/4"

Height

2-15/16 in

Width

2-9/16 in

Depth

2-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 2 15/16 x 2 9/16 x 2 1/2 in. (7.5 x 6.5 x 6.4 cm)

Material

Pewter

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, Montgomery Room