Tea Caddy
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1740
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
label: Painter
content: Johann Georg Heintze, German, 1707 - after 1749
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular, with short cylindrical neck. Sides decorated with landscapes and figures, including seaport and skating scenes. Narrow gold border. On top, two dragonflies. Cover, with two harbor views, gold knob handle and broad gold band.
place: label: manufactured in
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: 1931-40-40-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 W x D (a,b: overall): 12.8 × 8.4 × 5.2 cm (5 1/16 × 3 5/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a: caddy): 10.3 × 8.4 × 5.2 cm (4 1/16 × 3 5/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (b: lid): 3.8 × 3.1 cm (1 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)