Cooper Hewitt
Pair of Tea or Sugar Caddies
William Cripps, English, 1715 – 1766 · 1752
Each caddy (a,b and c,d) formed of upright, rectangular body with repousse decoration of tea-picking figures in scrolled cartouche, with lion's head above and shell below, on front and back. On sides, scene of tiered building and foliage in scrolled cartouche. Each caddy with sliding cover, relief-cast, with flower knob.
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