Object Details
- Manufacturer
- A.E.G. (Allgemeine Elektrizitäts Gesellschaft), founded 1883
- Designer
- Peter Behrens, (German, 1868–1940)
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Eight-sided teapot with small, separate domed lid, all of plated metal with a hammered texture; curved tapering spout on one side, circular outlet for electrical plug on opposite side; on smooth circular foot; inverted U-shaped wooden handle rapped in rattan at top; wood knob on lid.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Fund through gift of A. Theodore Dell
- 1908
- Accession Number
- 1984-71-1-a,b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- metalwork
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- teakettle
- Type
- teakettle
- Medium
- silver-plated metal, rattan, wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 21 × 17 × 11.7 cm (8 1/4 × 6 11/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
- manufactured in
- Berlin, Germany
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1984-71-1-a_b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq42e24308f-aabd-4131-8de0-cab9281792c7
