Description
Two 19th Century Sampson Porcelain Tea Canisters. One with cylindrical lid over Cupid bow moulded sides decorated with exotic birds and insects clobbered in polychrome enamels and edged with gilding, 4¾” (12 cm) high, 3½” (9 cm) wide. The other of dome topped rectangular form emblazoned with armorial crests enhanced with enamels and gilding above a base band of fruiting vine; the lid surmounted by a fruit knop, 5¾” (14.5 cm) high.