Object Details
- Description
- This pearlware teapot with a blue, hand-painted underglaze from about 1825-1840 was designed with a concave sloping neck, a spout, and a loop handle. The surface is decorated with a series of circular arcs around the shoulder and spear-shaped leaves have been placed at each joint. Spear-shaped leaves also decorate the handle and spout. A quartrefoil-shaped flower flanked by three leaves adorns both sides of the body. The cover has a similar design and a globular knob. After the American Revolution, drinking tea became a politicized activity, as some saw it as unpatriotic. Nevertheless, a home tea service remained a symbol of gentility and class, with upper classes using pure silver sets, and the middle and lower classes using silver luster or ceramic sets to have their afternoon tea and entertain guests.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Clare Boyd Shenehon
- 1825-1840
- ID Number
- 1980.0614.105ab
- catalog number
- 1980.0614.105ab
- accession number
- 1980.0614
- Object Name
- teapot and cover
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13.5 cm x 24 cm x 14 cm; 5 5/16 in x 9 7/16 in x 5 1/2 in
- place made
- United Kingdom: England
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
- American Enterprise
- Domestic Furnishings
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1453071
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-f57b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
