"Vesevo" Teapot
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Sabattini Argenteria S.p.A., founded 1964
- Designer
- Filippo Alison, Italian, 1930 - 2015
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Teapot of a rounded shape with a punched dotted border around the bottom edge, a triangular spout and a handle of coiled silver. The teapot consists of two separate chambers: a small upper, central chamber in which the tea itself is brewed and a large lower chamber for hot water.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Sanae Asayama Sabattini
- ca. 1986
- Accession Number
- 1992-116-1-a/d
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- metalwork
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- teapot
- Type
- teapot
- Medium
- silver plated, brass
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 30 × 29.5 × 22 cm (11 13/16 × 11 5/8 × 8 11/16 in.)
- made in
- Como, Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1992-116-1-a_d
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b1c0ef6f-18d1-4f3c-a7ce-e595ad62bfab
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