PAIR OF POLYCHROME PORCELAIN TEA CADDIES, VINOVO MANUFACTORY, GIOANETTI PERIOD, 1780-1815 notched and with bouquet decoration; some wear and minimal defects Factory markings, modeller's signature, engraved markings H 8.1 cm, W 8.5 cm A PAIR OF VINOVO PORCELAIN TEA CADDY, 1780-1815; SLIGHTLY WORN, SOME MINOR DEFECTS (2) For this model of tea caddy, derived from the boite à thé of Vincennes-Sèvres (documented from 1752 onwards) see Brosio (op. cit., 1973, table CV, p. 161) and more recently in d'Agliano and Maritano (op. cit., 2015, card 157, p. 195) where a specimen, now in Ca' Rezzonico in Venice, decorated with putti in camaieu (inv. HL00338) is published.