Pair of Regency Scarlet Tea Canisters
£6,900
A scarce pair of Regency chinoiserie toleware tea canisters of octagonal form with tented tops and domed covers; the scarlet red bodies decorated with panels of elaborately dressed Chinese figures in polychrome colours and pseudo Chinese writing against a gilded ground. Each signed to the base H. SUTCLIFFE 49&51 THOMAS STREET, MANCHESTER
Height 50 cm (19.75 inches)
Width 29 cm (11.25 inches)
Depth 29 cm (11.25 inches)
English. Circa 1820
