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Tea Caddy

Medium: Glazed earthenware
Place Made: Netherlands
Dates: ca. 1698
Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 4 1/2 x 3 in. (16.8 x 11.4 x 7.6 cm)
Markings: I D ?; 1698
Signature: no signature
Inscriptions: no inscriptions
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 64.3.4
Credit Line: Anonymous fund
Image: Side, 64.3.4_side1_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009

Catalogue Description: White tin-glazed earthenware (Delftware) tea caddy in the form of a rectangular bottle with cylindrical flat-topped cover. The sides have leaf borders around a recessed picture area. The pictures on the narrow sides are goddesses in niches (Justice and Fertility); on the broader sides are two interior scenes, one has a lady and gentleman seated at a table drinking tea. The other, a seated gentleman, smokes a pipe with a lady behind him. Condition: Some repairs, edges chipped

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