Teapot
date: label: date made
content: ca 1862
label: date patented
content: 1862-06-03
label: patent date
content: 1862-06-03
notes: label: Description
content: Bell- or pear-shaped teapot with round-top, hinged lid topped by acorn knop; cable-banded collar; S-scroll, D- or ear-shaped handle with split scroll and graduated dots attached to conical sockets; and ribbed S-scroll spout with split lip. Narrow band near bottom covers seam joining body to the short, flared iron base with bottom raised at center. Body perforated at spout. Bottom underside stamped incuse with patentee's name and patent date. From a four-piece coffee and tea service; tea and coffee pots are DL*61.0066A-B, sugar bowl is DL*61.0064A, and creamer is DL*61.0064B.
label: Description
content: Edward B. Manning of Cromwell, CT, received U.S. Patent No. 35,457, dated June 3 (not June 5), 1862, for his "improvement in tea and coffee pots." Uncertain why June 5 date appears as the patent date on the coffee- and teapot. Manning patented additional improvements to his original design over the next decade. Manufacturer not known.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place patented
content: United States: Connecticut, Cromwell
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 Pauline Barnes Woodruff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.61.0066A
label: catalog number
content: 61.0066A
label: accession number
content: 207405
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teapot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Britannia (body, cover, handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (base material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 5/8 in x 8 3/4 in x 4 3/8 in; 19.3675 cm x 22.225 cm x 11.1125 cm