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Teapot

Date1734-1735

Artist/Maker Thomas Farrar

OriginEngland, London

MediumSilver (Sterling)

DimensionsOH: 4 3/16"; OW: 8 3/16"; D(body): 4 1/4"; D(base): 2 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1955-259

DescriptionTurned peaked finial with ebonized pear wood on tuned waisted section with bolt and nut attachment to center-top of cover. Nearly flat circular cover inset into and hinged to top of globular body tapered towards base and resting on a molded baseband. Paneled duck neck spout with fowl's head tip and molding concealing join with body. C-scroll ebonized pear wood handle with scrolled grip fitting plain straight handle sockets. Ten circular perforations of body act as strainer for spout. Engraved on body around cover opening and partially on to cover with a border of shells, scrolls, foliage, and strapwork. Otherwise unengraved.
Label TextGlobular teapots with curved and straight spouts, and often an engraved strapwork border around the cover opening, predominate during the 1720s and 1730s. One such teapot of 1730/31 by John England of London, having a straight spout, is engraved with the arms of the Nelson family of Yorktown, Virginia. It was originally owned by Thomas Nelson (1677-1745).
InscribedNone
MarkingsMaker's mark T.F in block letters with fleur-de-lis above and a mullet below within a quatrefoil, leopard's head crowned, lion passant, and date letter on underside of body. Lion passant on underside of cover.
ProvenanceVendor: Garrard & Co. Ltd., London