Title

Pair Of Tea Canisters With Case, 1769/70. Creator: Pierre Gillois.

Caption

Pair Of Tea Canisters With Case, 1769/70. These eighteenth-century British canisters are decorated with scenes of women playing stringed instruments or arranging flowers under parasols and pagoda canopies—details that refer to tea’s origins in the Far East. The two containers differ slightly in size. One of them may have been used to store sugar, an increasingly popular addition to tea as the century progressed. The mahogany case is fitted with a lock, demonstrating the high value placed on tea at the time.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A23_481

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License type

Rights managed

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42,7Mb (1,1Mb) / 16,5in x 10,0in / 4960 x 3009 (300dpi)

Keywords

wood arts metal art British museum color design silver wooden tea craftsmanship century Britain case metalwork concept georgian art museum Homeware Colour Museum of Art 18th century Eighteenth Century MAHOGANY tea caddy Clark Art Institute tea canister Heritage Art metal work silver and mahogany Pierre Gillois Gillois Pierre