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Pewter teapot; large globular shape; turned wooden handle mounted between pewter bracket sides; attached cover with a wooden finial; hinged at one side showing a foliate motif; curved spout; shallow foot; surface has a smooth, plain finish.
kettles (vessels)
cookware
casting (process)
pewter (tin alloy)
tin alloy
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
Rococo
Pewter
Turned
Foliate
Cast
Tea
Kettle
Incised on the bottom underside is: HR [maybe the maker's mark].
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
Holland
9 1/2 x 9 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.465
Title Tea Kettle Trivet Accession Number 1991.466
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