Teapot
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800-1850
notes: label: Description
content: Japanned, oval teapot with a rounded, circular cover topped by triple-scroll loop and a tapered strap handle opposite the straight, tapered spout placed low on the body, which is perforated at opening. Semi-impasto painted decoration features a left-leaning red tulip with white overstrokes and yellow crosshatching across its open center on a green stem surrounded by green and yellow leaflets. Pairs of delicate, yellow, opposing scrolls border top, while single opposing scrolls encircle base. Red rick-rack border on shoulder. Body and spout have soft-soldered lapped seams. Flat bottom has a projecting, folded edge. No marks.
label: Description
content: Attributed to eastern New York, possibly the Albany area.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Albany
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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: DL.322631.02
label: catalog number
content: 322631.02
label: accession number
content: 322631
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teapot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 5/8 in x 10 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 14.2875 cm x 26.035 cm x 9.525 cm