Teapot and Stand

Artists

Description

The teapot faceted oblong with bowed shoulder, nineteenth-century ivory loop handle; the hinged domed cover with oval ivory finial, engraved on one side with coat of arms and crest; the rectangular stand with canted corners, the center engraved with the same arms and crest, with wooden backing

Dimensions

teapot dimensions: 15.9 × 28.2 × 8.3 cm (6 1/4 × 11 1/8 × 3 1/4 in.) stand dimensions: 1.9 × 14.9 × 10.5 cm (3/4 × 5 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.) 499 g 207 g

Provenance

C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1933.