One of a Pair of Tea Caddies
date: label: Date
content: 1716
name: label: Maker
content: Simon Pantin I, British, ca. 1680 – 1728
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: One of a pair of tea caddies, each a vertical rectangular form on small angular feet, with straight shoulder and cylindrical neck to fit cylindrical cover. Side panels of body are repoussé in 18th century style with fishing figures, birds, scrolls, urns, and cartouche. Cylindrical cover with birds and scrolls. Engraved elements on each caddy nearly identical, differing slightly in scale and composition within panels. Caddy panel with cartouche has arched foot bridge and scrolls at bottom, small group of houses and towers at upper center, and diaper pattern fence at upper right.
place: label: made in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-44-32-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: tea caddy
label: Type
content: tea caddy
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (overall): 13 × 8.4 × 4.4 cm (5 1/8 × 3 5/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (caddy): 12.5 × 8.4 × 4.4 cm (4 15/16 × 3 5/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (cover): 1.9 × 3.5 cm (3/4 × 1 3/8 in.)