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Elkington & Co. British
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This electrotype is after an eighteenth-century original (ca. 1730), at the Rosenborg Palace, Copenhagen, at the time of reproduction. It belongs to a tea service made for Christian VI of Denmark.
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Title: Tea caddy
Maker:
Elkington & Co. (British, Birmingham, 1829–1963)
Date: 19th century, after ca. 1730 original
Culture: British, Birmingham, after German, Augsburg original
Medium: Silver on base metal
Dimensions: Height: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Electrotype
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1909
Accession Number: 09.200.22a, b
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