A: urn B: lid C: insert A) Large urn form. Shaped plinth with four ball feet and gadrooned upper edge supports urn with a circular foot with gadrooned edge. Plain concave stem surmounted by bulbous hollow body. Lower third with broad gadrooning. Each side with a fixed loop handle with bearded grotesque mask terminals. Spigot with fruitwood/ebony? knob at the lower front. Upper 2/3 of body is a plain band with a gadrooned edge. Cylindrical mouth with a gadrooned edge. B) Domed conforming cover with urn-shaped finial. C) Cylindrical heating element with a flared rim and two finger holes.
tea urns
fruitwood
gadrooning
silver (metal)
plate (material)
grotesques
foils (arcs)
Silver
Lobed
Gadrooned
Grotesque
Fruitwood
URN, TEA
Used At Rundlet-May House,
Unknown
England
17.25 x 10.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1515.2A-C
New Hampshire (United States)
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