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Teapot

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1862

GUSN

GUSN-39569

Description

Pewter coffeepot with round body under long and wide cylindrical neck. Domed, hinged lid with knop. Angular handle with balls at each end and at top. Long, curved spout.

Details

Descriptive Terms

teapots
pewter (tin alloy)
pewter (tin alloy)
tin (metal)
Teapot

Inscription

"B.B. MANNING'S / PATENT / JUNE 1862 / WAK_ _ NTED" (B.B. MANNING'S in an arch over other part of inscription)

Associated Person

Pond, Alice

Maker

Manning, B. B. (Maker)

Dimensions

9 1/4 x 6 3/4 (HxW), 4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Estate of Miss Alice Pond

Accession Number

1938.122

Places

Meriden (New Haven county, Connecticut)

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