Pair of Tea or Sugar Caddies
Object Details
- William Cripps, English, 1715 – 1766
- Description
- Each caddy (a,b and c,d) formed of upright, rectangular body with repousse decoration of tea-picking figures in scrolled cartouche, with lion's head above and shell below, on front and back. On sides, scene of tiered building and foliage in scrolled cartouche. Each caddy with sliding cover, relief-cast, with flower knob.
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
- 1752
- Accession Number
- 1960-1-1-a/d
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- metalwork
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- caddies
- Type
- caddies
- Medium
- silver
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall (a,b)): 14.5 × 10.4 × 7 cm (5 11/16 × 4 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
- H x W x D (overall (c,d)): 15.4 × 10.9 × 8.5 cm (6 1/16 × 4 5/16 × 3 3/8 in.)
- H x W x D (caddy (a)): 11.5 × 10.4 × 7 cm (4 1/2 × 4 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
- H x W x D (lid (b)): 3 × 8.5 × 5.5 cm (1 3/16 × 3 3/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
- H x W x D (caddy (c)): 11.5 × 10.9 × 8.5 cm (4 1/2 × 4 5/16 × 3 3/8 in.)
- H x W x D (lid (d)): 3.7 × 8.3 × 7 cm (1 7/16 × 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
- made in
- London, England
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1960-1-1-a_d
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq42f3f4782-7d02-4ec8-b5c0-766c2f91b3b6
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