Hexagonal Balustrade Tea Caddy
date: label: Date
content: 1725–1740
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
label: Possibly
content: Joseph Philipp Dannhöfer, German, 1712 - 1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A white tea caddy with a bulbous shoulder and simple cup-like lid. Tea caddy outlined in gilt with painted birds, flowers and figure on the sides.
place: label: Place
content: Germany
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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 Eleanor Garnier Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-40-45-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
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: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (a,b: overall): 10.5 × 9 cm (4 1/8 × 3 9/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (a: caddy): 9.5 × 9 cm (3 3/4 × 3 9/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (b: lid): 1.5 × 3.5 cm (9/16 × 1 3/8 in.)