Description:
Cylindrical tea canister with straight sides, flat bottom with turned foot rim, body has sloping shoulders and straight neck, there is no canister lid. The body of the canister is decorated with underglaze blue transfer printed decoration in a floral pattern of large buds that look similar to passion flowers. The Transferware Collectors Club Database has called this pattern "Chysanthemum" or "Carnation" pattern. It was a pattern made at the Bovey Tracey Pottery in Heathfield, Devonshire, England, c. 1801-1836. According to Brian Adams and Anthony Thomas's book on Bovey Tracey, a 6-inch saucer is illustrated along with excavated sherds of the border pattern in blue and greenish black. The pattern is very similar to a version made by the Cambrian Pottery of Haynes, Dillwyn & Co., Swansea, Wales, 1783-1810. A transfer-printed fragment of this same pattern discovered inside the Barnard Tavern during renovation - possibly a coffee cup or mug rim.
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