The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tea Caddy

Date:: 1725–40
Geography:: Mid-Atlantic, New York, New York, United States
Culture:: American
Medium:: Silver
Dimensions:: Overall: 4 5/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 1/4 in. (11 x 6.8 x 5.7 cm); 5 oz. 15 dwt. (178 g) Body: 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm); 5 oz. 1 dwt. (156.6 g) Cover: 1 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. (3.5 x 3.2 cm); 14 dwt. (21.4 g)
Classification:: Silver
Credit Line:: Gift of E. M. Newlin, 1964
Accession Number:: 64.249.5a, b

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 750

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: engraved on body: [coat of arms and crest of Bayard family] scratched on underside: M + V + D

Marking: marked on underside: SS (in square)
Provenance

By descent in the Bayard family to Mrs. Peyton (Lilian Washburn Newlin) Van Rensselaer (1895–1956); to her brother, Earl Mortimer Newlin (1893–1977); gift to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964.
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Who
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What
Metal (59,364)

Silver (14,056)

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Tea caddies (115)
Where
North and Central America (81,404)

United States (78,109)

New York (2,785)

New York City (1,835)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,179)
In the Museum
American Decorative Arts (11,825)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate in Early Colonial America

The United States, 1600–1800 A.D.