Tea Caddy with Pineapple Finial
18th century
Artists
Description
Straight-sided fluted oval, the sides and hinged domed cover with bands of bright-cut and wrigglework decoration, with pineapple finial; the front with escutcheon-shaped cartouche enclosing a crest of an eagle's head and the initials CB
Dimensions
16.83 x 13.65 x 9.84 cm (6 5/8 x 5 3/8 x 3 7/8 in.) 583 g
Provenance
C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1933. "A Tribute to the Class of 1892"
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