Teapot
date: label: date made
content: ca 1889
name: label: maker
content: Tiffany & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Apple-shaped teapot on shallow foot ring with domed and stepped, hinged lid topped by a cast flower-and-scroll ball; overall repousse floral decoration includes roses, daisies, chrysanthemums and violets; C-curve handle is pinned into ivory insulators that have been cracked off from acanthus sockets on body. S-curve spout has matching acanthus base and ends in an open-beaked bird's head. Underside of flat bottom fully marked "TIFFANY & CO" above pattern and order numbers and with capacity in cups and gills, all struck incuse in serif and sans serif letters. No centerpunch. Used as a set with creamer and sugar bowl, DL*316497.0008-.0009.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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 Blanche E. King
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.316497.0007
label: catalog number
content: 316497.0007
label: accession number
content: 316497
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teapot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (insulators material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, teapot: 5 1/8 in x 5 5/8 in; 13.0175 cm x 14.2875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, handle: 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 7.3025 cm x 3.81 cm