Teapot Manufacturer: Chelsea Keramic Art Works (American, 1872–1889)

1877–78

American Decorative Arts

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

Medium

Earthenware with glazed interior

Dimensions

7 3/8 × 9 7/8 × 3 3/8 in. (18.7 × 25.1 × 8.6 cm)

Credit Line

Yale University Art Gallery

Accession Number

2000.77.3

Geography

Manufactured in Chelsea, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
David Rago, Lambertville, New Jersey. Fourth Quarter Antiques (Andrew Van Styn), Baltimore, Maryland, by 2000; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography

  • Helen A. Cooper et al., Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2008), 335, no. 215, ill.
  • "Acquisitions 2000," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2001): 152.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

teapots, utilitarian objects

Marks

Punched-in in typeface on the base of pot: "CHELSEA (quite faint) KERAMIC ART WORKS,/ ROBERTSON & SON."

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