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Tea Ball

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1890-1910

GUSN

GUSN-47976

Description

Silver tea ball with a pierced body and a hinged cover. Scroll design.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tea balls
piercing
silver (metal)
Infuser, Tea
Ball, Tea
Ball, Tea

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 1/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.703

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