Tea Caddy
date: label: date made
content: 1891 - ca 1919
notes: label: Description
content: Repousse chased, baluster-shaped, rectangular container on pierced scrollwork base with friction-fit, rounded cover topped by a cast floral knop. All four sides have a symmetrical, ruffled C-scroll reserve; the wider sides feature a buxom shepherdess calling out with a crook in her right hand opposite a shepherd walking left with a bouquet of flowers in his right hand, while both narrow sides have a flowering rose bush visited by two flying insects. Flat, inset bottom is struck incuse on underside "800" next to an imperial crowned script "P." and combined crescent moon and imperial crown (Reichsmark). No marks on cover.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Hesse, Hanau
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lucinda de Leftwich Templin, Ph.D., in memory of Ella Rice Templin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.1702
label: catalog number
content: 60.1702
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: caddy, tea
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in; 6.6675 cm x 13.97 cm x 7.3025 cm