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Maker: Josiah Wedgwood, British, 1730–1795
Engraver: John Sadler, British, 1720–1770
Tea Caddy
ca. 1775
Creamware, transfer-printed in black
4 1/4 × 2 in. (10.8 × 5.1 cm)
other: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
base: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
other: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
base: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Mabel Brady Garvan Collection
1931.1853
Geography:
Manufactured in Burslem, England
Printed in Liverpool, England
Status:
On view
Culture:
British
Period:
18th century
Classification:
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance:
Hattie Tucker (late nineteenth century), Sandwich, Mass.; by descent to her grandaughter Sarah H. Peck (born about 1810), Wellfleet, Mass., by 1879; sold to Mr. Albert. R. Crittenden (1843–1921), Middletown, Conn., 1879 as agent for Irving W. Lyon (1840–1896), Hartford, Conn.; by descent to his son Irving P. Lyon (1870–1944), Buffalo, New York; sold to Francis P. Garvan (1875–1937), New York, 1929; given to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1931
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
