Teapot
date: label: date made
content: 1818 - 1819
label: presentation date
content: 1819-01-01
notes: label: Description
content: Seamed, oblong bulbous teapot with domed oval, hinged lid topped by a cast oval medallion knop on an oval ribbed base with four ball feet; lower body is engraved on one side with a lengthy inscription presenting service from "The Parish of Whittingham & Neighbourhood" to "Mr. Joshua Crea" for his "Services as their Surgeon". Applied cast gadrooning punctuated by acanthus-framed shells and anthemions is at edge of stepped-ogee shoulder atop the short incurved neck. Spurred acanthus-topped, ear-shaped handle, rectangular in section, is pinned into thin insulators with an acanthus volute upper socket and tapered rectangular lower socket. Bellied S-curve spout has a flat inside face and D-shaped, cyma-notched lip. Body perforated at spout. Underbelly to right of handle is struck with six hallmarks. Part of a seven-piece service (including a padded teapot cover or cozy), DL*66.0537A-G.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Newcastle
label: place presented; place used
content: United Kingdom: England, Whittingham
label: place used
content: United Kingdom: England, Northumberland
label: place used
content: United States: Wisconsin, Menomonie
label: place used
content: United States: Minnesota, Lake Park
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 John H. Crea
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.66.0537C
label: catalog number
content: 66.0537C
label: accession number
content: 265238
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: 6 3/4 in x 12 1/4 in x 6 1/4 in; 17.145 cm x 31.115 cm x 15.875 cm