A Staffordshire salt-glazed white stoneware tea canister and a metal cover circa 1765

the tea canister molded on one side with a tea plant titled CIE or Herb and on the other with a vine growing over a tree, the cover a later metal replacement. Together with an enamelled basketweave- and diaperwork-molded reticulated plate and small plate  4 pieces.

The tea caddy: D. M. & P. Manheim Antiques, New York

Tea canister: there is a fine haircrack extending from a horizontal a probably firing-related crack just above the foot and running across the length of the base and forking in two places, the secondary cracks running to the foot of the front and the back sides. The cover is a metal replacement. Reticulated plate: a 6 1/2-in. section of the rim has been broken out in three pieces and restored back. Small plate: generally good condition.
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