Teakettle
Object type: Teakettle
Department: The American Wing
Culture: American
Artist: Cornelius Kierstede
Artist bio: 1674–ca. 1757
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: American
Date: 1710–20
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall: 10 1/8 x 10 5/8 in. (25.7 x 27 cm); 47 oz. 13 dwt. (1481.7 g)
Base: Diam. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
Body: H. 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm)
Geography: Made in New York   United States  
Credit line: Bequest of James Stevenson Van Cortlandt, 1917
Accession year: 1940