{"id":243,"date":"2010-03-13T12:39:19","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T17:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=243"},"modified":"2016-11-11T20:15:08","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T01:15:08","slug":"chinese-porcelain-export-tea-caddy-c-1840","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=243","title":{"rendered":"Chinese export porcelain tea caddy, c.1775"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A porcelain tea caddy with sloped shoulders and rectangular body,\u00a0made in China in the third quarter of the 1700s for export to North America and Europe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_17422.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4574\" title=\"IMG_1742\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_17422.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_17422.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_17422-271x300.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hand painted cobalt blue decoration with gilt highlights is in the &#8220;Jesuit&#8221; floral pattern.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7057.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5261\" title=\"IMG_7057\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7057.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7057.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7057-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7057-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A painted metal lid with embossed star &amp; collar replaces the original floriform finial lid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_17441.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4575\" title=\"IMG_1744\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_17441.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_17441.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_17441-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tea caddy dates from the Qianlong period (1736-95) and measures 5&#8243; high by 3-1\/4&#8243; wide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7056.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5260\" title=\"IMG_7056\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7056.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7056.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7056-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This intact tea caddy with similar form and decoration still maintains its original floriform finial lid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12276.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-247\" title=\"12276\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12276-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12276-210x300.jpg 210w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12276.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eldreds.com\">Eldred&#8217;s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A porcelain tea caddy with sloped shoulders and rectangular body,\u00a0made in China in the third quarter of the 1700s for export to North America and Europe. The hand painted cobalt blue decoration with gilt highlights is in the &#8220;Jesuit&#8221; floral pattern. 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