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Tea Caddy

mid-18th century
Object PlaceChina for export
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels
DimensionsOverall: 14.5 × 8.3 × 3.2 cm (5 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineThe John Pickering Lyman Collection—Gift of Miss Theodora Lyman
Accession number19.1294a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1915, Theodora Lyman, Boston; 1919, gift of Miss Theodora Lyman to the MFA.
about 1780
about 1820-1830
late 18th century
mid-18th century
mid-18th century
Group shot (L-R): 1982.499 (View: Back), 1982.500 (View: Front)
Nast manufactory
about 1820
Sèvres Manufactory
1791
Meissen Manufactory
about 1745–50
Snuffbox
Frankenthal Manufactory
1765–75
Snuffbox
Meissen Manufactory
1745–50
Snuffbox
Ludwigsburg Manufactory
1760–75
Group shot (cw. from left): 1979.798a-b, 1979.796a-b, 1979.797a-b, 1979.799a-b or 1979.800a-b o…
Meissen Manufactory
about 1740