Tea-Service
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Oct 1886
name: label: Donor Name
content: Japanese Dept Of Education
notes: label: Notes
content: Correction to description on card: The spout of the teapot is formed of two silver leaves, not lions. One leg is missing from the metal tray but the specimen is otherwise intact.
label: Notes
content: Description from card: The service consists of a tray, five cup holders, a tea pot and a tea scoop. All made of sheet metal hammered into the shape required. The tray is oblong with indented corners, a nearly flat bottom, concave flaring sides, and a flanged edge. The cup holders are of leaf shape, curved like a spoon bowl, longer than wide and a sunken circular center. The tea pot has the form of a lotus capsule with a gilt handle and knob. The spout is formed of two silver lions [this is incorrect: see subsequent note]. The tea scoop is a partly rolled lotus leaf. Decorated: The tray has plants and a leaping frog in raised designs in gold and colored bronze and chased lines indicating water. It rests on four fancy chased bronze feet. Characterized engraved on face. The ten holders have chased lines on both front and back and the edges of front half gilded; each one has a different characters engraved on bottom. The tea pot has the form of a lotus capsule, the body is beaten from one piece, the handles riveted over it and knob gilded; the cover has a rim inside; the spout is made of two silvered leaves with another close by for ornament. the seeds of the capsule are formed by a punch. Characters engraved inside cover. The tea scoop has the form of a lotus leaf with two opposite sides rolled towards each other but not quite meeting. As the characters engraved are not alike on any piece it is doubtful if they are the marks of the maker.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 016311
label: USNM Number
content: E93640-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tea Set