Teapot

Description:

Conical teapot on shallow foot ring with a flared, hinged lid topped by cast circular knop, a slender S-curve, low-mounted spout and a tapered S-curve handle. Body has relief bands of laurel leaves and berries at top and bottom, and an empty, chased and engraved laurel wreath reserve on one side; perforated at spout. Underside of flat bottom is struck incuse "QUADRUPLE PLATE" arched above a spider web with "W" in five-pointed star at its center, and "179" below.

Date Made: 1886 - 1928

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, Brooklyn

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of Laura Barney-Dreyfus in memory of Alice Pike Barney

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.366316Catalog Number: 366316Accession Number: 124063

Object Name: teapot

Physical Description: silver plate (overall material)Measurements: overall: 8 3/8 in x 6 7/8 in x 3 5/8 in; 21.2725 cm x 17.4625 cm x 9.2075 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b1-afc2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1457171

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