Penrose Antiques

Description

We have for sale a very attractive and rather hard to find 1st period Worcester Rich Queens pattern tea canister or tea caddy c1775.

This lovely tea caddy is of an ovoid baluster form with the ovoid body decorated in an Imari style with vertical gilded panels alternately painted with chrysanthemums against a white ground and foliate gilded cobalt blue panels each containing a reserve decorated with chrysanthemums with leaves against a white ground. The base of the tea caddy carries the 1st period Worcester Pseudo square blue fret mark.

The tea caddy is 5 inches (12.7cm) high and is in an excellent antique condition other than a hairline crack to the collar.