Teapot & cover

Dateca. 1765

MediumFused silverplate (Sheffield Plate)

DimensionsH: 5 1/16"; W: 8 1/8"; Diam (base): 2 7/16".

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1973-48,A&B

Descriptionteapot and cover
Label TextPlated teapots in the rococo taste, unlike coffeepots and hot water or coffee jugs, are extremely rare. Bradbury illustrates a bullet-shaped teapot with chased decoration at the shoulder of about 1785 by Tudor & Leador of Sheffield.

The handle on this example is a replacement.
InscribedNone
MarkingsNone
ProvenanceEdgar Sittig, Shawnee-an-Delaware, Pennsylvania
Vendor: S. J. Shrubsole Corp., New York

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