Teapot
- Description
- Spiral-lobed, globular teapot with bands of spiraled drops for the cylindrical neck and circular, flared foot. Flat-top, hinged lid is topped by a cast vertical melon shape. Cusped, C-curve handle is pinned into thin insulators and trumpet-shaped oval sockets. Body perforated at plain, shallow S-curve spout. Underside of flat bottom is struck incuse with concentric circular mark of "KANN BROS SILVER CO / BALTO. / QUADRUPLE / PLATE" next to "6 / 1133". Same numbers are scratched inside lid; inside upper half of hinge is stamped "IV".
- Maker is Kann Bros. Silver Co. of Baltimore, MD; 1899-1913.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1910-1913
- place made
- United States: Maryland, Baltimore
- place used
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- Physical Description
- silver plate (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/8 in x 9 1/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 18.0975 cm x 23.1775 cm x 13.335 cm
- ID Number
- DL.68.0203
- catalog number
- 68.0203
- accession number
- 274458
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Theunissen
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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