PAIR OF ENGLISH SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE TEA CANISTERS CIRCA 1750

Press-molded around the exterior with square panels of dots and stars.

Collection of Dorothy W. and F. Otto Haas;
Freeman's Auction, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 25, 2011, lot 49.

Covers lacking. One has a minor fine 1 1/2-in haircrack to a diaperwork panel on one of the sides; the other has a minor 1/4-in chip to the foot.
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A double tea canister with a similar molding from the Gorely Collection was sold at Skinner Auctioneers, Boston, May 31, 1997, lot 252.