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Teapot and cover

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Manufacturer

John Turner, Lane End, Staffordshire, England, 1759 - 1780

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Silversmith’s shape: oblong with four bowed panels alternating with four rectangular panels containing niches; long ogee spout, rectangular flat handle. Oblong domed cover with strap handle, sliding in grooves in top of pot. Relief decoration in polychrome showing classical figures in the bow panels; vines in niches; lotus and anthemion band about cavetto shoulder, leaves on handle, spout and cover.

Credit Line

Bequest of Erskine Hewitt

Date

ca. 1785

Accession Number

1938-57-317-a,b

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

ceramics
Decorative Arts
Teapot and cover

Medium

Enameled stoneware

Dimensions

H x W x D: 12.8 x 20.5 x 11 cm (5 1/16 x 8 1/16 x 4 5/16 in.)

made in

England

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq420202d44-e7a8-4c1e-b025-1a2217626935

Record ID

chndm_1938-57-317-a_b

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