Teapot
Teapot
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- Description
- Fluted, round-bottom, circular teapot with cyma-domed shoulder on a flared pedestal base with molded circular foot ring. Wide-rimmed, bell-domed, hinged lid is topped by wood mushroom-shaped knop. High, spurred C-curve handle is pinned into cylindrical sockets. S-curve spout, trapezoidal in section, has an angled lip. Body perforated at spout. Knop and handle painted black. Underside of body is struck incuse "[B] M CO." and "5". Fine turning marks inside.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- teapot
- date made
- 19th-early 20th century
- place made
- United Kingdom: England
- Physical Description
- Britannia (overall material)
- pewter (overall material)
- paint (knop and handle finish material)
- wood (knop, handle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/4 in x 10 1/2 in x 5 3/4 in; 18.415 cm x 26.67 cm x 14.605 cm
- ID Number
- 1990.0339.15
- catalog number
- 1990.0339.15
- accession number
- 1990.0339
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. John H. Murray (Anne. W. Murray)
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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