Teapot
date: label: date made
content: 1785 - 1810
notes: label: Description
content: Pear-shaped or "Queen Anne" teapot on short, circular foot ring with a high-domed hinged lid topped by urn knop; spurred D- or ear-shaped, wood handle pinned into conical sockets; and faceted S-scroll spout with flat oval lip. Bead borders applied around rim of lid and shoulder of body; molded bands at rim and seam of body. Body perforated at spout. Inside of flat bottom is struck with a crowned "X" mark above a circular "LOVE" touch mark with lovebirds touching beaks; both marks effaced.
label: Description
content: Attributed to John Andrew Brunstrom (circa 1753-1793) of Philadelphia, PA; working 1783-1793.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Tea Drinking
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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 Dr. Joseph H. Kler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0027.26
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0027.26
label: accession number
content: 1986.0027
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teapot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 8 in x 4 5/8 in; 19.05 cm x 20.32 cm x 11.7475 cm