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Ovoid tea caddy with handle from the 'Swellengrebel service' with a double crowned monogram and a border with floral scrolls
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Ovoid tea caddy with handle from the 'Swellengrebel service' with a double crowned monogram and a border with floral scrolls

anonymous · c. 1740 · turning; vitrification; paint; gild; emailleren; fired; formed; glaze; gold (metal); email; porcelain

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Porcelain tea caddy with an egg-shaped body, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. On the belly, twice a crowned, double mirror monogram with 'MVA' and 'CHTD' surrounded by shell motifs, scrollwork and flower branches; between the monograms, a lotus stem. On the shoulder with a band with flower scrolls; around the foot, a band with relief scrollwork. The lid with two lotus stems and around the knob a band with flower scrolls. European representation in enamel colours.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineOvoid tea caddy with handle from the 'Swellengrebel service' with a double crowned monogram and a border with floral scrolls. c. 1740. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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