Traveling tea set
Object type: Traveling tea set
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: British, Birmingham
Artist: Christopher Dresser|Hukin & Heath
Artist bio: British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834–1904 Mulhouse|British, Birmingham, 1855–1953
Artist role: Designer|Maker
Artist nationality: British, Scottish|British
Date: ca. 1879
Medium: Gilt and silver-plated brass; split bamboo; leather covered wood with velvet on the underside and glazed cotton linings
Dimensions: Height (tea kettle): 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm);
Height (spirit lamp): 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm);
Height (stand): 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm);
Height (teapot): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm);
Height (sugar bowl): 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm);
Height (milk jug): 2 in. (5.1 cm);
Height (tea caddy): 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silverplate
Credit line: Anonymous Gift, in memory of Walter E. Stait, 2000
Accession year: 2000