Tea Canister

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Tea Canister

Datec. 1765–1780

Made inEngland

MediumLead-glazed earthenware

Dimensions4 3/4 × 2 7/8 × 2 7/8 in. (12.1 × 7.3 × 7.3 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Miss Ima Hogg, by exchange

Object numberB.94.17.A,.B

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Queen Anne Sitting Room

On view

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Bayou Bend

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CERAMICS

DescriptionIn the mid-1700s, English potters developed a light- or cream-colored earthenware body that, when coated with a lead glaze, yielded wares with a glassy, shiny surface. Josiah Wedgwood continued to refine this pottery, which he later called “Queens’ Ware” because of a commission he received from Queen Charlotte in 1765. Many potteries produced these wares, employing numerous techniques to decorate them. Naturalistic fruit and vegetable forms such as cauliflowers and pineapples became popular during the third quarter of the 1700s.
Provenance[James M. Labaugh Antiques, White Plains, New York], a dealer exhibiting at The Theta Charity Antiques Show, Houston; purchased by MFAH, 1994.

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