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Tea Caddy Tea Caddy
This is a Tea caddy. It was manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory and painted by Johann Georg Heintze. It is dated ca. 1740 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
donated by
Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.
It is credited Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.
Its dimensions are
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.) H x W x D (a: caddy): 10.3 × 8.4 × 5.2 cm (4 1/16 × 3 5/16 × 2 1/16 in.) H x diam. (b: lid): 3.8 × 3.1 cm (1 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)
It has the following markings
Underside of tea caddy: [1] "R.", painted in gold (gilder's mark) [2] "65527" above "P x C" (?), painted in gold (very faint, the "6" crossed out?) [3] "OX" (?), impressed in corner (possibly other incised numbers or letters present but very faint, modeler's mark) [4] "K" (?), painted in blue (?) Underside of cover: [1] "R.", painted in gold (gilder's mark)
It is signed
Unsigned
It is inscribed
Uninscribed
Cite this object as
Tea Caddy Tea Caddy; Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Germany); Painted by Johann Georg Heintze (German, 1707 - after 1749); Germany; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; 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.) H x W x D (a: caddy): 10.3 × 8.4 × 5.2 cm (4 1/16 × 3 5/16 × 2 1/16 in.) H x diam. (b: lid): 3.8 × 3.1 cm (1 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-40-40-a,b
