Caughley porcelain tea canister

Description

Caughley porcelain tea canister. Item 4063.This Caughley porcelain tea canister is decorated with their printed blue and white pattern “Temple”. It stands 165 mm (6.5 inches) high and has a diameter of 85 mm (3 3/8ths inches). There are repairs to the lid, neck and foot of this piece. There are two repairs to the rim of the neck, one approx 12 mm (.5 inch) long and the other about 20 mm (.75 inch) long. There is a repair to the part of the lid that goes inside the neck and a repair to the foot that stretches perhaps 25 mm ( 1 inch) around the rim. c 1775-80.