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  • Tea Caddy
Datec. 1851–1889
Made inBoston, Massachusetts, United States
MediumSilver
Dimensions4 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. diameter (10.8 × 7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by T. William Porter in honor of Meredith J. Long at "One Great Night in November, 2000"
Object numberB.2000.19
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Metals Study Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionNewell Harding began his business in Boston in 1821 and for a time specialized in making spoons. Made later in his career, this tea caddy is surprisingly restrained and elegant, completely lacking the surface ornamentation so frequently associated with nineteenth-century silver.
Provenance[Constantine Gus Kollitus, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2000.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved in script on side: LCB
Marked on the underside: N.HARDING & CO.; COIN [worn]

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