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Teapot or Coffeepot

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850-1875

GUSN

GUSN-25454

Description

Probably a madeup set. Different cast designs from cups and saucers. .1) Tea or coffee pot. Cast silver-colored body. Bulbous vasiform w/ swelled bottom w/ gadrooned or ribbed design. Stepped base. S-scroll handle. Shaped spout.

Details

Descriptive Terms

teapots
lead (metal)
pewter (tin alloy)
tin (metal)
Pewter
Lead
TEAPOT

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.416.1

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