Tea Caddy

Possibly Whieldon

Titles Tea Caddy (Descriptive)
Artist Possibly, Whieldon, England
Medium glazed creamware
Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York , AFI.321.2009
Object Name tea caddy
Classification Containers

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Long serving spoon, the handle of dark blue jasper with white relief decoration in a pattern of acanthus leaves and small floral motifs, the stem and bowl of silver plate.

Oval blue jasper cameo with white relief scene of Hercules slaying the Nemean lion, in wood frame

Mug with a cylindrical form and ravenstone glaze. The form flares at the bottom of the mug and tapers towards the base. The exterior is decorated with plain, dimensional bands most likely formed during the shaping process. These bands do not continue past the flaring of the form and the bottom part of the mug is smooth. The mug's handle is a rounded square, placed at an angle to the mug. The mug's interior is also uniformly glazed.

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