Squared plinth base with concave sides and squared edges with an uneven gadrooned border. Four ball feet. The stand is domed in the center, enclosing a burner that conforms to the shape of the urn. The whole is surmounted by an urn with four legs with hairy paw feet. The convex lower urn is broadly reeded and surmounted by a slightly concave plain broad band. There are two lion masks with ring handles. Uneven ball finial. Faceted spigot at the lower front. Removable cylindrical heating element plated on the top edge only over the iron.
tea urns
fluting
gadrooning
iron (metal)
silver (metal)
plate (material)
fluting
figure- and animal-derived motifs
lion
feet (animal or human components)
heads (representations)
Sheffield plate
Silver
Fluted
Gadrooned
Lion
Sheffield
Iron
URN, TEA
Used At Rundlet-May House,
1971.1516
Unknown
England
16.75 (H), 10.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1516A-C
New Hampshire (United States)
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