Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
- Painter
- Johann Georg Heintze, German, 1707 - after 1749
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Rectangular, with short cylindrical neck. Sides decorated with landscapes and figures, including seaport and skating scenes. Narrow gold border. On top, two dragonflies. Cover, with two harbor views, gold knob handle and broad gold band.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt
- ca. 1740
- Accession Number
- 1931-40-40-a,b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- ceramics
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- tea caddy
- Type
- tea caddy
- Medium
- hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (a,b: overall): 12.8 × 8.4 × 5.2 cm (5 1/16 × 3 5/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
- H x W x D (a: caddy): 10.3 × 8.4 × 5.2 cm (4 1/16 × 3 5/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
- H x diam. (b: lid): 3.8 × 3.1 cm (1 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)
- manufactured in
- Germany
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1931-40-40-a_b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq453397ebe-9108-4b51-b117-82d58e98b583
