Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Transcribed from notecard found in the tea caddy (note placed in object file):
- "George II Shagreen Tea Caddy Case with silver mounts, handle, feet escutcheon, etc. - all lined, 3 compartments with red velvet. We bought it empty years ago without the caddies. Should be put in museum for "Silversmiths' work." Pres. S. C. Hewitt."
- Credit Line
- Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt
- ca. 1730–40
- Accession Number
- 1931-84-12
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Decorative Arts
- Tea caddy and case
- Medium
- shagreen
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 18.5 x 28.5 x 13.5 cm (7 5/16 x 11 1/4 x 5 5/16 in.)
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1931-84-12
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a7197939-f31a-4c69-88b0-737cfc1d68e8
