Pair of Tea or Sugar Caddies

Pair of Tea or Sugar Caddies by William Cripps, English, 1715 – 1766

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.

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