The Douw Family Teapot

Artists

Description

Pear-shaped body with a domed cover. The spout has a bird's head terminal. The finial and handle are made of wood.

Dimensions

17.1 cm (6 3/4 in.) 567 g

Provenance

Captain Petrus Douw (1692-1775) and Anna Van Rensselaer (1696-1758), Wolvenhoeck, New York, by descent; to Catherine Douw Ganesvoort (1782-1848), their great granddaughter [1], gift; to Catherine Louisa Douw (1817-1891), her daughter, 1847 [2], by descent?; to Catherine Douw Townsend (b. 1842), her daughter, by descent?; to Townsend Morgan (b.1873), her son, by descent?; to Mrs. Townsend Morgan, his wife, sold; to John Daley, New York, c. 1958. Herbert F. Darling (1904-1968), Buffalo; to The Darling Foundation of New York State Early American Silversmiths and Silver, sold [through Christie's, New York, January 18, 2007, lot 22]. Daniel and Susan Pollack, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020 [1] She married Johannes De Peyster Douw in 1811, C.D.D. is for her. [2] She married John Townsend in 1836, C.D.T. is for her.