Teapot
date: label: date made
content: ca 1735
notes: label: Description
content: Raised, pear-shaped teapot on short foot ring with high- or bell-domed, hinged lid topped by a compressed-ball knop and a C-curve handle pinned into cylindrical sockets opposite a seamed, faceted S-curve spout, octagonal in section, ending in a bird's head. Right-angled, three-knuckle hinge attaches to mid-molding on lid and outer end of the upper socket. Body perforated at spout. Underside of rounded bottom is engraved "M / HRB" in shaded roman letters and struck "BTE" in raised letters in a rectangle, both on same side of centerpoint; a circled "106" incised near edge.
label: Description
content: Maker is Barent Ten Eyck (1714-1795) of Albany, NY. Barent's father, Konraet Ten Eyck (also Coenradt, Coenraet or Coenraedt; 1678-1753), and his older brother, Jacob C. Ten Eyck (1705-1793) were also silversmiths. Barent made silver for the Indian trade; few pieces of domestic wares by him are known.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Duncan L. Edwards in memory of his sister, Helen Park Edwards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.66.0457
label: catalog number
content: 66.0457
label: accession number
content: 1977.0770
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teapot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (body; lid material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 8 in x 4 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 20.32 cm x 11.43 cm