Teapot Stand
date: label: date made
content: 1805
notes: label: Description
content: Small oval tray with coved edge and applied cast rim on four thread-bordered tab feet; flat well is bordered by a flat-chased band of eight anthemions or palmettes flanked by reverse scrolls connected by bud-like motifs. Underside struck with five marks: "J·E" in raised letters in a quatrefoil, facing opposite direction next to four hallmarks, a left-facing lion passant in clipped-corner shield, crowned leopard's head in round-bottom shield, raised roman letter "K" in clipped-corner shield and right-facing sovereign's head in profile in oval. Underside also incised with several sets of letters and numbers, including the script letters "RE" and weight. Stand for teapot, DL.380477.
label: Description
content: Maker is John Emes of London, England; active, 1796-1808.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
label: place owned; place used
content: United States: Illinois, Albion
topic: label: Subject
content: Beverages
label: Subject
content: Tea Drinking
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Margaret Edmiston Gamon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.380478
label: catalog number
content: 380478
label: accession number
content: 153231
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stand, teapot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 6 3/8 in x 4 5/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 16.1925 cm x 11.7475 cm