Niello Teapot And Tray
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: King Maha Mongkut
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CYLINDRICAL BODY, ALMOST FLAT SHOULDER, SHORT CYLINDRICAL NECK OVER WHICH FITS A COVER WITH SMALL FINIAL FROM WHICH EXTENDS A LONG CHAIN TO WHICH IS ATTACHED THE SMALL COVER FOR THE SPOUT, WHICH COMES OFF THE BODY IN A CURVE. DOUBLE LOOP HANDLE, & 3 VERTICALLY RIBBED FEET. MADE OF THIN SILVER METAL WITH THE STAMPED AND INCISED FLORAL DESIGNS INLAID WITH GOLD AND THE BACKGROUNDS IN BLACK ENAMEL. KNOWN AS NIELLO. MAY 1969 TRAY IS MISSING."
label: Notes
content: Stand now numbered E63 may actually be E65, the supporting tray for water pot E65?
label: Notes
content: Illustrated and described in McQuail, Lisa. 1997. "Treasures of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the United States of America" Smithsonian Institution. p. 54-57
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Siamese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 266032
label: USNM Number
content: E65-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Teapot
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 11 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 18 cm