Tea Infuser
date: label: date made
content: ca 1929
notes: label: Description
content: Small, perforated, octagonal or eight panel-sided teapot-shaped infuser with a right-angled, C-curve handle, bellied spout with split lip, and flared, hinged lid with a short, oval link chain ending in a circular ring attached to its pointed top. Lid collar struck on exterior "STERLING" in sans serif letters and with trademark superimposed "W" and "Co" pierced horizontally by a right-facing feathered arrow.
label: Description
content: Maker is Webster Co. of North Attleboro, MA; 1894-present. George K. Webster started the business in 1869 as G.K. Webster and Co., but it was renamed Webster Company following his death in 1894. Since 1950, it has been a subsidiary of Reed & Barton. The firm specializes in holloware, novelty and vanity items.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, North Attleboro
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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 Mrs. John H. Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0825.11
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0825.11
label: accession number
content: 1991.0825
objectType: label: Object Name
content: infuser, tea
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 2 in x 2 1/8 in; 3.81 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.3975 cm