This tea caddy comes from the North Carolina Museum of History's collection. According to the museum's records, it was used at the Edenton Tea Party in Edenton, NC in 1774. The Edenton Tea Party is widely recognized as one of the first acts of political protest organized by women in pre-Revolutionary America. For more information about this and other anti-tea actions of colonial women, see this blog post that interprets the history behind the Tea Caddy. A colored, more realistic 3D model of the caddy can be found here. Citation Information: Accession #: H.1914.187.1 Date: 1774 Place: Edenton, Chowan, North Carolina, USA Dimensions: [Lt] [Wdt]3 11/16" [Ht]5 5/16" [Dt]1 3/4" Materials: Porcelain To create the 3D image of the Tea Caddy, our team used 123D Catch, an application produced by Autodesk. 123D Catch converts ordinary photos in 3D models. 123D Catch is a free application and objects are stored and made accessible on the cloud. Our team photographed the Tea Caddy thirty-five times at different angles using an iPhone 6. The 123D Catch app then melded the photos together and saved it on the cloud. After downloading the image from the 123D Catch web app, we deleted extraneous data using MeshLab, a free software program. We then proceeded to use netfabb Basic to clean up the item and give it a flat bottom.