Tea caddy

Object/Artifact

-

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Tea caddy

Entry/Object ID

VC.2003.23 a-b

Description

Tea caddy with lid; narrow round neck; wide lobed body tapering to round base; hand-painted, blue, orange and gold on white ground, wide blue stripes at neck base and vessel base; intertwined ribbon band decoration at widest part of body; ribbon and wreath motif surrounding sprig of flowers on front and back; two pairs of flowers stacked between wreaths; lid with gold foo dog finial; blue stripe and sprout pattern around edge

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1750 - 1799

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

VC.2003.23

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

7 in

Width

3 in

Depth

3 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 7 x 3 x 3 in. (17.8 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm)

Material

Porcelain

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Wear to gilding on foo dog finial; missing section of tail and chipped ear on foo dog; flat shallow chip from underside of lid; large vertical chip and crack in neck of vessel; hairline crack opposite chip in neck; light wear to gilding overall.

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Cataloged 2013, acquired earlier as part of 2003 gift [Jessa J. Krick, 3/19/2013]. Piece may be a tea caddy or a covered vase, which may have been part of a garniture and sometimes called a garniture vase [Jessa J. Krick, 3/19/2013].

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 07B

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial