This is an Arts & Crafts Tea Caddy by William Hutton, crafted in Pewter with mounted Ruskin ceramic roundels, & retailed by Connell of Cheapside circa 1910.

The Tea Caddy is of the classic 'urn' form, & is decorated with five Ruskin ceramic roundels, four of which are mounted around the middle of the caddy, & one to the centre of the lid.

The Ruskin roundels are finished in a stunning blue & green ceramic glaze (Ruskin pottery was founded in 1898, & ceased trading in 1933).

The caddy is very possibly a Liberty & Co design, as Liberty & Co sold several of their designs, many in a much adapted form, to Messrs Connell of Cheapside around 1909 who (to quote from Adrian J Tilbrooks 'The Designs of Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co') " attempted somewhat unsuccessfully to compete with the 'Tudric' range of pewter. Their shapes, however, were always traditional & the use of blue & green glazed ceramic tablets (Ruskin) was seldom as effective as the ....enamels of Liberty & Co ". Please see photo no. 11 (above) for more details.

The base of the caddy is fully marked with the 8 crossed arrows (registered to Creswick, which was acquired by William Hutton in 1900), PEWTER (each letter in a square cartouche), Connell 83 Cheapside, & the pattern No. '01314' (this could possibly be a Liberty & Co pattern No., as they had not altered the moulds when the design ownership changed to Connell - A. Tilbrook page 273).

The caddy is in great condition, there is a 'push' to one of the roundels & this has caused an indentation around it, but this is relativley minor & does not detract (the roundel is fine) - please see photo's

The caddy stands just under 6" in height

This dish would look simply stunning polished, but we will leave that to the discretion of it's new owner.