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Object Name |
Caddy, Tea |
Catalog Number |
0985.07.00169b-c |
Description |
This is a tea caddy body (.169b) with lid (.169c). Hard paste porcelain tea service of Lowestoft Oriental export, with a moss rose pattern with gilt glazed borders. The tea caddy (b) is a ginger jar caddy with double twisted vine handles and a round foot. Its lid (c) has an acorn pull. The tea service matches the cake plate and fruit plates in (0985.7.168-.168f). |
Material |
Ceramic/Porcelain |
Dimensions |
H-4 W-6.5 Dia-5 inches |
Owned |
Mary O'Melia |
Event |
evacuation of Richmond, April 2-3, 1865 |
Provenance |
The tea service with plates (0985.168-.168f) were used constantly by President and Mrs. Jefferson Davis while they lived in the Executive Mansion in Richmond, Virginia. They were removed from the Mansion in 1865 by Mrs. Mary O'Melia, the Davis' housekeeper. Mrs. O'Melia kept the tea service and plates until her death in 1906. She left the china to her granddaughter, Kate G. Doyle. |
People |
Davis, Jefferson Davis family O'Melia, Mary Larkin |
Search Terms |
Confederate Executive Mansion Confederate White House Executive Mansion White House of the Confederacy capture and occupation of Richmond, Virginia, 1865-1870 Evacuation of Richmond, April 2-3, 1865 |
Subjects |
gifts |