Teapot | Yale University Art Gallery

1785–1800

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 5 3/4 × 9 5/8 × 5 in., 620 g (14.61 × 24.45 × 12.7 cm)
Credit Line: Josephine Setze Fund for the John Marshall Phillips Collection
Accession Number: 2013.44.2
Geography: Made in Ashford, Connecticut
Culture: American
Period: 18th century
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

S. J. Shrubsole, New York, 1984; sold to Alice and Thomas Kugelman, West Hartford, Connecticut; Sotheby's, New York, January 25, 2013, lot 236

Bibliography

Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, sale cat. (January 25–26, 2013), p. 131, lot 236

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

teapots, utilitarian objects

"E•BAKER," struck in a rectangle, twice on either side of centerpunch

"H / NE," C / JA," "L / EL," and "L / WP," engraved, on underside of foot

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