Object Number 1965.1581

Object Name

Teapot

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

New York or Connecticut, Mid-Atlantic or Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

This teapot is attributed via its painting characteristics with a group of tinware decorated in Berlin Connecticut or New York Filley shop, according to Martin and Tucker, American Painted Tinware, vol.. IV, fig. 3.25, p. 131. The creation place was identified as America by a previous cataloguer [Lorena Baines 2007].

Date

1800-1850

Materials

Tinned sheet iron; Paint; Asphaltum

Techniques

Japanned

Dimensions (inches)

5.252 (H) , 9 (W) , 3.661 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.34 (H) , 22.86 (W) , 9.3 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Martin, Gina & Tucker, Lois. 2007 American Painted Tinware. A Guide to Its Idenfication. 4.
• Published: p. 131, fig. 3.25