Pair of Tea or Sugar Caddies
Medium
metalwork
Classification
metalwork
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
Accession Number
1960-1-1-a/d
About this artwork
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.