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Tea canister (© Curtis Museum and Allen Gallery)
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© Curtis Museum and Allen Gallery

Tea canister

Artist: attributed to Liverpool Pottery

Location: Curtis Museum and Allen Gallery

Date: 1760

Materials: tin-glazed earthenware

Dimensions: 16 x 14 x 10 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £900 (Total: £3,600)

Vendor: Jonathan Horne Ltd

Review number: 3569 (1991)

Provenance:
Mr & Mrs Ronald Billington, Northamptonshire.

Description:
Very similar measurements as standard tiles (5 inch x 5 inch) probably from factory which manufactured tiles. Decorated finely with pastoral scenes - yet European landscapes rarely depicted on such canisters. Therefore probably copied from Grand Tour prints.

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