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A teapot of pear form, with undulating ribbed sides and a conforming, domed hinged lid with a flower blossom knop. With a "C" scroll handle and an "S" shaped spout with lobed base. It is raised on four scrolled feet with scalloped skirt.
teapots
flowers (plants)
floral patterns
Rococo Revival
Rococo Revival
Britannia
Flower Blossom
TEAPOT
Impressed on the bottom is: 1760/REED & BARTON/6 .
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Reed & Barton (Maker)
Taunton, MA, USA
9 x 8.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1101
Massachusetts (United States)
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