Cleveland Museum of Art
Tea Caddy
Paul Jacques de LamerieLinkedCulture matchlcp-c4802d0df4f8
- Date
- 1741–1742
- Medium
- silver gilt
- Culture
- England, London
- Department
- Decorative Art and Design
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 122920
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
In the 1600s and 1700s, silver played a significant role in projecting wealth, status, power, and ritual in British life. Tea was likewise a highly valued commodity, and as such, silver caddies like this one were designed to display the social distinction of its owner. This canister’s prominently sloping shoulders were designed by Paul Jacques de Lamerie in the early 1730s and became a standard form for tea caddies by the end of the decade. The curving shape of this tea caddy is echoed by the scrolling lines and swirling naturalistic ornament on all four sides.
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- Credit line
- The Thomas S. Grasselli Memorial Collection
- Provenance
- ?-1943: Mrs. Thomas S. [Emilie Schmidt] Grasselli [1877-1953], Shaker Heights, OH | 1943-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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