Tea Caddy, 6 inches tall. Printed maker's mark for Cumberlidge & Humphreys. This Japonesque sheet pattern features a collection of folding fans, cartouches in-filled with geometric designs, and vines of stylized flowers, all set against a background of circles composed of six dots. The rim of the cannister and the lid are decorated with gilding.

The original partners of Cumberlidge & Humphreys were William Myatt Cumberlidge and Joseph Humphreys, who worked from 1880 to 1885 at the Well Street Pottery, Tunstall. In 1886 they moved to the Gordon Pottery, Tunstall. In 1889 they took on George Frederick Helé as partner and traded at the Gordon Works under the name Cumberlidge, Humphreys & Helé. At the end of 1890 Helé left the business, which returned to Cumberlidge & Humphreys. John Humphreys Jr. joined the business and in October 1893 Cumberlidge left. The business continued as Humphreys Brothers.