Tea caddy
Engraved with the arms of the Kempthorne family of Cornwall. The wide necked tea caddy was introduced later, in the mid 1700s. 'Caddy' is derived from the Malay word Kati which was a unit weight for tea. Later they came in sets and each contained different types of tea such as black, green, 'Bohea' or 'Hyson'.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 32/1926/3
- Category
- Decorative Art
- Collection Class
- Silver
- Material
- silver
- Common Name
- tea caddy
- Simple Name
- tea caddy
- Inscription Transcription
- 8 =10 = 0
- Period Classification
- George I (1714-1727)
- Production Town
- Plymouth
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Person Initials
- Samuel
- Production Person Surname
- Blachford
- Production Year Low
- 1716
- Production Year High
- 1717
