Teapot
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860
name: label: retailer
content: Tiffany & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Raised, chased and repousse baluster-shaped teapot on flared pedestal base with domed and lobed, hinged lid topped by a cast acanthus-and-berry finial. Ribbing around neck conforms to lobes on lid; two reserves on body are formed by ogival arches, ruffled C-scrolls and flowers, one is engraved "C.E.O." in shaded gothic or Old English letters. Cast and applied scalloped rim, smooth on inside; beading at foot. High-loop S-curve handle with scrolled acanthus is pinned into ivory insulators and scrolled sockets. Body perforated at faceted S-curve spout with raised bead at middle and applied shell on top lip. Underside of convex bottom struck around centerpunch, "TIFFANY & C\o." and "550 BROADWAY.N-Y" encircling "4838" (covers centerpunch), "G & W" stamped once, and "5", all in incuse serif letters. From a six-piece coffee and tea service, DL*316497.0001-.0006.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place used
content: United States: New York, Staten Island
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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 Blanche E. King
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.316497.0003
label: catalog number
content: 316497.0003
label: accession number
content: 316497
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: 9 1/4 in x 10 1/8 in x 6 1/8 in; 23.495 cm x 25.7175 cm x 15.5575 cm