Object Details
- Description
- Compressed globular teapot having a squat, plain, incurved neck with heavy, cast floral rim above chased and repousse lobes alternating in width and scrollwork decoration; four cast paw feet attached to flat bottom set in. Matching, domed, hinged lid with flared edge is topped by a cast circular floral knob. Spurred C- and S-curve ivory handle is pinned into spiral-scrolled sockets. S-curve spout has elongated D-shaped lip, faceted face and round belly. Body perforated at spout. Bottom underside struck with an incuse serif "R" at center and incised "FF" in script. From a four-piece coffee and tea service, DL*387944A-D.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Amy Wetmore May
- ca 1835
- ID Number
- DL.387944B
- catalog number
- 387944B
- accession number
- 190331
- Object Name
- teapot
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- ivory (handle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 1/2 in x 9 7/8 in x 6 5/8 in; 16.51 cm x 25.0825 cm x 16.8275 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_300042
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b1-d385-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
