Teapot
date: label: date made
content: 1934 or later
label: year pattern introduced
content: 1934 or later
notes: label: Description
content: "Ultra" pattern teapot; features a slender, inverted ovoid body with conical, hinged lid topped by an ovoid knop on a short, fluted pedestal with conical base; two, low-relief, vertical ears of wheat are applied to sides of body and knop. Hollow, C-curve handle is pinned into thin insulators and flared sockets. Body perforated at shallow, S-curve spout. Underside struck with maker's mark and pattern number. From a five-piece coffee and tea service, 1989.0700.07-.11.
label: Description
content: Greek-American industrial designer John Vassos (1898-1985) designed the "Ultra" pattern in 1934 for R. Wallace & Sons Mfg. Co. of Wallingford, CT; 1871-present. "Ultra" flatware 1989.0700.01-.06, five-piece coffee and tea service 1989.0700.07-.11, and bowl 1989.0700.12, all belonged to the Vassos family.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Wallingford
label: place used
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place used
content: United States: Connecticut, Norwalk
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Paul Johnes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0700.08
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0700.08
label: accession number
content: 1989.0700
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teapot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (insulators material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 7 7/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 22.86 cm x 20.0025 cm x 8.5725 cm