Creamware Slip-marbled Tea Canister

Description:

Creamware Slip-marbled Tea Canister, England, c. 1780, cylindrical form, ht. 4 1/4 in.

Literature: Illustrated in Jonathan Rickard, Mocha and Related Dipped Wares, 1770-1790 (University Press of New England; Lebanon, New Hampshire, 2006),pp. 16-17.

Exhibitions: Colonial Williamsburg, 1993-1994; The Turner's Art, Jones Museum of Ceramics and Glass, 1996; and Slipware Traditions, Milwaukee Art Museum, 2004.
Estimate $300-500

Two short hairline cracks in the rim.


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