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Rare Lowestoft Blue and White Porcelain Rectangular Tea Caddy, Circa 1780 – 18th Century English Porcelain
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Rare Lowestoft Blue and White Porcelain Rectangular Tea Caddy, Circa 1780 – 18th Century English Porcelain

18th century
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Rare Lowestoft Blue and White Porcelain Rectangular Tea Caddy, Circa 1780 – 18th Century English Porcelain

For Sale – £225.00 (UK postage included)

A fine and increasingly sought-after example of 18th-century English porcelain, this rare Lowestoft blue and white rectangular tea caddy, dating to circa 1780, is an attractive piece of Georgian-period English porcelain.

The rectangular body features a distinctive domed top and short neck, beautifully decorated with delicate floral sprays and scrolling motifs in a rich, deep inky blue underglaze. The short neck is further enhanced with an underglaze blue scroll decoration, complementing the overall design.

The base bears an underglaze blue open C mark, together with an old collector's label, adding to the object's historical and collecting interest.

Lowestoft porcelain is particularly admired by collectors of 18th-century English ceramics, and blue and white examples remain popular for their characteristic decoration, historical significance and connection to Georgian domestic life.

Key Features and Specifications

• Maker: Lowestoft Porcelain

• Object: Rectangular tea caddy

• Period: Georgian, circa 1780

• Date: 18th century

• Origin: Lowestoft, England

• Material: English porcelain

• Decoration: Blue and white underglaze decoration

• Pattern: Floral sprays and scrolling motifs

• Colour: Deep inky blue on a white porcelain ground

• Form: Rectangular body with domed top and short neck

• Mark: Underglaze blue open C mark to the base

• Provenance detail: Old collector's label to the base

• Height: Approximately 12.2 cm

• Width: Approximately 6.8 cm

Condition

Excellent antique condition.

The tea caddy is free from chips, cracks, hairline cracks and restoration. An excellent undamaged example, retaining its original form and decoration.

Price and Delivery

£225.00 – including postage and shipping within the United Kingdom.

A rare and appealing opportunity to acquire an attractive example of Georgian Lowestoft blue and white porcelain, suitable for the discerning collector of antique English porcelain, 18th-century ceramics and early English tea wares.

You can find more items of interest and purchase through our website, using all major credit cards:

please visit: www.oliversargentantiques.com

Date of Manufacture

Oliver Sargent Antiques has dated this Lowestoft Porcelain Tea Caddy to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1243941
Dealers Internal Reference
OSA1653
Description
Rare Lowestoft Blue and White Porcelain Rectangular Tea Caddy, Circa 1780 – 18th Century English Porcelain

For Sale – £225.00 (UK postage included)

A fine and increasingly sought-after example of 18th-century English porcelain, this rare Lowestoft blue and white rectangular tea caddy, dating to circa 1780, is an attractive piece of Georgian-period English porcelain.

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The rectangular body features a distinctive domed top and short neck, beautifully decorated with delicate floral sprays and scrolling motifs in a rich, deep inky blue underglaze.
Oliver Sargent Antiques

The short neck is further enhanced with an underglaze blue scroll decoration, complementing the overall design.

fig 1. An 18th-century rectangular soft-paste porcelain tea caddy featuring hand-painted floral motifs in underglaze cobalt blue.
fig 1. Rare Lowestoft Blue and White Porcelain Rectangular Tea Caddy, Circa 1780 – 18th Century English Porcelain

The base bears an underglaze blue open C mark, together with an old collector's label, adding to the object's historical and collecting interest.

Lowestoft porcelain is particularly admired by collectors of 18th-century English ceramics, and blue and white examples remain popular for their characteristic decoration, historical significance and connection to Georgian domestic life.

fig 2. An 18th-century rectangular soft-paste porcelain tea caddy featuring hand-painted floral motifs in underglaze cobalt blue.
fig 2. Rare Lowestoft Blue and White Porcelain Rectangular Tea Caddy, Circa 1780 – 18th Century English Porcelain

Key Features and Specifications

• Maker: Lowestoft Porcelain

• Object: Rectangular tea caddy

• Period: Georgian, circa 1780

• Date: 18th century

• Origin: Lowestoft, England

• Material: English porcelain

• Decoration: Blue and white underglaze decoration

fig 3. An 18th-century rectangular soft-paste porcelain tea caddy featuring hand-painted floral motifs in underglaze cobalt blue.
fig 3. Rare Lowestoft Blue and White Porcelain Rectangular Tea Caddy, Circa 1780 – 18th Century English Porcelain

• Pattern: Floral sprays and scrolling motifs

• Colour: Deep inky blue on a white porcelain ground

• Form: Rectangular body with domed top and short neck

• Mark: Underglaze blue open C mark to the base

• Provenance detail: Old collector's label to the base

fig 4. An 18th-century rectangular soft-paste porcelain tea caddy featuring hand-painted floral motifs in underglaze cobalt blue.
fig 4. Rare Lowestoft Blue and White Porcelain Rectangular Tea Caddy, Circa 1780 – 18th Century English Porcelain

• Height: Approximately 12.2 cm

• Width: Approximately 6.8 cm

Condition

Excellent antique condition.

The tea caddy is free from chips, cracks, hairline cracks and restoration. An excellent undamaged example, retaining its original form and decoration.

fig 5. An 18th-century rectangular soft-paste porcelain tea caddy featuring hand-painted floral motifs in underglaze cobalt blue.
fig 5. Rare Lowestoft Blue and White Porcelain Rectangular Tea Caddy, Circa 1780 – 18th Century English Porcelain

Price and Delivery

£225.00 – including postage and shipping within the United Kingdom.

A rare and appealing opportunity to acquire an attractive example of Georgian Lowestoft blue and white porcelain, suitable for the discerning collector of antique English porcelain, 18th-century ceramics and early English tea wares.

You can find more items of interest and purchase through our website, using all major credit cards:

please visit: www.oliversargentantiques.com

Date of Manufacture

Oliver Sargent Antiques has dated this Lowestoft Porcelain Tea Caddy to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1243941
Dealers Internal Ref
OSA1653
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Rare Lowestoft Blue and White Porcelain Rectangular Tea Caddy, Circa 1780 – 18th Century English Porcelain

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An 18th-century rectangular soft-paste porcelain tea caddy featuring hand-painted floral motifs in underglaze cobalt blue.
Rare Lowestoft Blue and White Porcelain Rectangular Tea Caddy, Circa 1780 – 18th Century English Porcelain
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  • ObjectTea Caddies
  • Period18th century
  • StyleGeorgian
  • MaterialSoft-Paste Porcelain, Cobalt Blue Glaze
  • ColourBlue and White
  • MotifsArched shoulder, Underglaze floral motif, Cylindrical neck, Rectangular body

This 18th-century English porcelain tea caddy dates from the Georgian period, circa 1780. Formed from soft-paste porcelain with a white glaze, it takes a rectangular body with an arched shoulder, a domed top, and a cylindrical neck. The exterior features hand-painted floral motifs and scrolling patterns rendered in an underglaze cobalt blue, complemented by blue scroll decoration on the neck. The piece stands approximately 12.2 cm high and 6.8 cm wide, presenting an undamaged condition free from chips, cracks, or restoration, complete with an underglaze blue open C mark and an old collector's label on the base. Today, this antique tea caddy serves as a decorative collectible piece suited for display in a traditional interior setting. It works effectively as an ornamental accent placed on a sideboard top, bringing historical character to a room dedicated to period ceramics. The item integrates naturally into collections of early English tea wares and Georgian porcelain, offering a tangible connection to 18th-century domestic life through its authentic underglaze painting and original form.

Produced in Suffolk between 1757 and 1799, Lowestoft tea caddies are soft-paste porcelain vessels designed to store loose tea leaves during the Georgian period.

These pieces were manufactured using soft-paste porcelain incorporating bone ash, featuring hand-painted or transfer-printed underglaze cobalt blue decoration with a lead glaze finish.

Authentic Lowestoft porcelain exhibits a characteristic soft, translucent body with a subtle bluish or greenish tinge where the glaze gathers in crevices, alongside hand-painted underglaze blue decoration.

An antique tea caddy can be displayed on a sideboard, decorative tray, or bookshelf alongside contemporary ceramics or dark wood furniture to create visual contrast.

Dust gently with a soft microfibre cloth or pony-hair brush, avoiding immersion in water or abrasive chemicals that could damage unglazed foot rims or delicate historic glaze.
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