Object Details
Maker
Simon Pantin I, British, ca. 1680 – 1728
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
One of a pair of tea caddies, each a vertical rectangular form on small angular feet, with straight shoulder and cylindrical neck to fit cylindrical cover. Side panels of body are repoussé in 18th century style with fishing figures, birds, scrolls, urns, and cartouche. Cylindrical cover with birds and scrolls. Engraved elements on each caddy nearly identical, differing slightly in scale and composition within panels. Caddy panel with cartouche has angular foot bridge and small group of houses at bottom, houses at upper center, and floral scrolls at upper right.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt
Date
1716
Accession Number
1931-44-32-c,d
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
metalwork
Decorative Arts
Object Name
tea caddy
Type
tea caddy
Medium
silver
Dimensions
H x W x D (overall): 13 × 8.4 × 4.4 cm (5 1/8 × 3 5/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
H x W x D (caddy): 12.5 × 8.4 × 4.4 cm (4 15/16 × 3 5/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
H x diam. (cover): 1.9 × 3.5 cm (3/4 × 1 3/8 in.)
made in
England
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1931-44-32-c_d