Miniature 3-Piece Tea Set

Artists

Description

Comprising teapot, cream jug, and sugar basin, the cylindrical bodies chased with vertical flutes and stamped with stylized foliage, the sides with oval vacant cartouches; teapot with wooden loop handle, the hinged domed cover with conforming decoration, with ball finial; the cream jug and sugar basin with scroll handles

Dimensions

10.5 x 15.6 x 7.3 cm (4 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 2 7/8 in.) 205 g

Provenance

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