Tea Caddy
Tea Caddy
Tea Caddy
Tea Caddy
Tea Caddy
Tea Caddy
Tea Caddy
Tea Caddy
Tea Caddy
Tea Caddy

Currently not on view

Tea Caddy,

1760–80

German
y988

Information

Title
Tea Caddy
Dates

1760–80

Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
11 x 7.5 x 3.7 cm (4 5/16 x 2 15/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Trumbull-Prime Collection
Object Number
y988
Place Made

Europe, Ansbach, Bavaria

Marks/Labels/Seals
On bottom, in underglaze blue: mark [see accession card for reproduction];
Culture
German
Type
tea caddies, porcelain
Materials
porcelain
Subject
flowers (plants), running ornament, scalloping, floral patterns

Mary Hollister Prime (née Trumbull) (1827-1872) and William Cowper Prime, Class of 1843 (1825-1905); 1890 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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