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Teapot
1851–71
Object Place: Dorchester, Massachusetts
Medium/Technique
Silver plate
Dimensions
25.4 x 22.86 x 12.7 cm (10 x 9 x 5 in.)
Credit Line
Marion E. Davis Fund
Accession Number1984.26
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
DescriptionThis is a silver plated teapot with a footed, tall, pear-shaped body, a leafed band around the sholder, and a tapered spool shape between the shoulder and the top rim. The rim is decorated with beading below a horizontal of fasces. The domed lid has a beaded edge and a cluster of grapes finial. The scroll-shaped cast spout has grapes bunched and leaves at juncture w. body. Loop handle has cast grapes and leaves at both junctures with the body. The foot is set upon slight dome and handle has ivory insulators.
ProvenanceDecended in family of Roswell Gleason (1799-1871). January 18, 1984, sold by Mrs. Anne C. Hayward, East Falmouth, MA to MFA.