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1854-1870
GUSN-634
Teapot body (a) hinged lid, domed with leaf finial; C-shaped wooden handle attached at top of body and top of leg; S-shaped spout from middle of body opposite spout. Bag (b) magenta felt bag marked "tea pot".
teapots
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
fruitwood
silver (metal)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
crests (motifs)
palmette (motif)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
heads (representations)
Silver
Fruitwood
Beaded
Family Crest
Palmette
Head
TEAPOT
[Not explicitly noted in museum file.] Codman crest [bird with branch] on body. Struck with Tiffany & Co. identification.
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Tiffany & Co. (Silversmith)
New York, NY, USA
9 (H) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.668.4AB
New York state (United States)
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