Description:
With no Chinese porcelain protoypes to copy, British ceramic tea canisters of the 18th century took several different forms. They are mostly, however, square or octagonal with a wide cylindrical lip, and seem to derive from the japanned metal canisters used for displaying and dispensing tea and coffee in grocers' shops. By contrast, smarter tea canisters of glass or silver tended to copy the wooden tea chest, complete with its wavy metal edging and corners. Only later in the century was the little baluster-shaped canister copied by English porcelain factories (for example, Worcester) which imitated Chinese vase-like versions made solely for export. Dutch-decorated, circular English creamware tea canister (missing cover) with rounded shoulders and short, straight-sided circular neck. The tea canister was made in Staffordshire or Yorkshire, and then exported to Holland where it was decorated by Dutch enamellers. The canister is painted in black, red, green, and yellow with foliage and bowknot beneath a profile portrait of Crown Prince Willem Frederick of Orange, flanked by the initials "E P" (for "Erfprins"). There is a flower spray on the opposite side.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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