First Period Worcester Rich Queens Pattern Tea Caddy c.1775

We have for sale a very attractive and rather hard to find 1st period Worcester Rich Queens pattern tea canister or tea caddy c1770-1775. This lovely tea caddy is of an ovoid baluster form with the ovoid body decorated in an Imari style with vertical gilded panels alternately painted with chrysanthemums against a white ground and foliate gilded cobalt blue panels each containing a reserve decorated with chrysanthemums with leaves against a white ground. The base of the tea caddy carries the 1st period Worcester pseudo square blue fret mark. The tea caddy is 5 inches (12.7cm) high and is in an excellent antique condition other than a hairline crack to the collar.