Teapot
date: label: date made
content: ca 1835
notes: label: Description
content: Compressed globular teapot having a squat, plain, incurved neck with heavy, cast floral rim above chased and repousse lobes alternating in width and scrollwork decoration; four cast paw feet attached to flat bottom set in. Matching, domed, hinged lid with flared edge is topped by a cast circular floral knob. Spurred C- and S-curve ivory handle is pinned into spiral-scrolled sockets. S-curve spout has elongated D-shaped lip, faceted face and round belly. Body perforated at spout. Bottom underside struck with an incuse serif "R" at center and incised "FF" in script. From a four-piece coffee and tea service, DL*387944A-D.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Amy Wetmore May
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.387944B
label: catalog number
content: 387944B
label: accession number
content: 190331
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teapot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 9 7/8 in x 6 5/8 in; 16.51 cm x 25.0825 cm x 16.8275 cm