Tea Pot
1905 (manufactured 1925-1932)
Artists
Description
Teapot with circular double ogee outline, set with straight stick handle and finial made of ebony with a slight cross-shaped incision on end of handle. The surface of the pot has a slightly hammered finish all over and is adorned with beading along the end of the acorn finial and at the handle where it is attached to the pot.
Dimensions
12.7 x 22.2 x 15.9 cm (5 x 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Provenance
David Berg, Bequest, 1999.
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