VesselsAmerican18th century

The Hannah Emlen Logan Teapot

c. 1745

Artists

Joseph Richardson Sr.Artist

Description

Apple-shaped pot with a swan spout and baluster finial. Wooden handle.

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Silver and wood

Culture

American

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of American Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

14 cm (5 1/2 in.) 539 g

Provenance

Hannah Emlen Logan (1722-1777), North Philadelphia. Walter Morrison Jeffords (1882-1960), Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania, by descent; to Walter Morrison Jeffords (1915-1990) and Kathleen McLaughlin (d. 2003), sold [through Sotheby's, New York, October 29, 2004, lot 650]. Daniel and Susan Pollack, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020