Teapot
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800 - 1842
notes: label: Description
content: Japanned, cylindrical oval teapot with a triangular, hinged lid topped by a triple-scroll loop at front, a tapered D- or ear-shaped strap handle, and straight, tapered spout placed low on the perforated body. Body and spout have soft-soldered lapped seams; flat bottom with projecting, folded edge. Painted decoration features a right-leaning, red, circular flower with yellow dotted center and thinly-painted white and alizarin petals on a yellow stem with yellow curlicues and berries. A blended blue to yellow or white daisy is at top right. Yellow leaves with red veins, and green leaves with yellow veins. A yellow-dotted red ribbon borders shoulder; red brushwork covers lid. No marks.
label: Description
content: Attributed to the Stevens Tinshop of Stevens Plains (now part of Portland), ME, circa 1800-1842.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maine, Portland
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0119.09
label: accession number
content: 1978.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0119.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teapot
label: Other Terms
content: Teapot; 41Cc, Sullivan, Michael D
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (handle rims material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 7/8 in x 9 1/4 in x 3 5/16 in; 14.9225 cm x 23.495 cm x 8.41375 cm