Teapot
1804
Artists
Description
Boat-shaped with reeded rim, wooden loop handle and tapering straight spout; the hinged domed cover with oval wooden finial
Dimensions
12.07 x 20.96 x 7.62 cm (4 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 3 in.) unspecified: 218 g
Provenance
C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1933.
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