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Ideal Toy tea service
Designed by: Russel Wright (American, 1904–1976)
Manufactured by: Ideal Toy Company (active 1906/7–1982)
Manufactured by: Ideal Toy Company (active 1906/7–1982)
designed 1959
Object Place: New York, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Polystyrene (plastic)
Dimensions
Tea pot: 7.6 x 15.9 x 7.9 cm (3 x 6 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Tea pot lid: 1.6 x 4.1 cm (5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Creamer: 5.1 x 13 x 6.4 cm (2 x 5 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Sugar bowl with lid: 4.4 x 12.1 x 8.9 cm (1 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)
Each of three cups: 3.5 x 8.9 x 7.1 cm (1 3/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 13/16 in.)
Each of three saucers: 0.8 x 11.3 cm (5/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Tea pot lid: 1.6 x 4.1 cm (5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Creamer: 5.1 x 13 x 6.4 cm (2 x 5 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Sugar bowl with lid: 4.4 x 12.1 x 8.9 cm (1 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)
Each of three cups: 3.5 x 8.9 x 7.1 cm (1 3/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 13/16 in.)
Each of three saucers: 0.8 x 11.3 cm (5/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara McLean Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward
Accession Number2010.568.1-6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPlastics
DescriptionOrange
Marks
Russel Wright/IDEAL/MADE IN USA (Russel Wright in script)--stamped inside of lid
ProvenanceAround 2000 to 2010, purchased by Barbara and Gerald Ward, Portsmouth, NH, at various dealers, primarily in Maine and Hampshire, or acquired on eBay; 2010, given by the Wards to the MFA (Accession date: June 16, 2010)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.