Teapot
- Object Name:
- Teapot
- Object ID:
- 1981.023.01.42 a-b
- Date:
- 1840-1860
- Description:
- Teapot with removable lid. Porcelain. Bulbous body divided into eight molded segments. Slightly constricted neck, flaring lip with slightly scalloped edge. Two semi-circular cut-outs on the lip to accept the lid. Tall slender spout. Tall, curved handle, shallow pedestal base. Lip is dome-shaped with a floral finial. Painted decoration on body is divided into eight segments which bisect the molded segments. Painted decoration alternates between those with blue with gold decoration and pink with gold decoration. The segments are separated with gold lines. The blue segments have blue paint at the top fading to white below which is a vine of gold flowers. Gold dots are painted on the blue area and the top of the segments have gold spikes. The pink segments include a solid band of pink on the upper portion over which is painted gold flowers and scrolls. Below the pink section there are gold painted circles, leaves and scrolls. The underside of the lip is painted pink. The upper side of the lip is painted with a gold band. Gold bands on pedestal. Places where the handle meets the body are molded into a leaf-shape with gold painted highlights. The decoration on the lid corresponds to the decoration on the body. There are two numbers incised on the bottom: "467" and "110".
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-8.5 W-8.6 D-5.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a tea set that belonged to the Aiken family of Franklin, NH, probably Herrick Aiken (1797-1866), great-grandfather of donor's wife, Dorothy Aiken Johnson (1900-1978). The Aiken family was known for their home knitting machines and numerous other inventions.
The donor, Rogers Bruce Johnson (1895-1987), was married to Dorothy Aiken. Dorothy's father was Charles W. Aiken (1869-) who was an MIT graduate and a soap machine inventor, of Brooklyn, NY; Charles was the son of Jonas Bradley Aiken (c.1835-), inventor, of Franklin, NH; Jonas was the son of Herrick Aiken (1797-1866), inventor, of Dracut, MA, and Franklin, NH. Rogers Johnson spent many years compiling an Aiken genealogy, and collecting and caring for Aiken materials. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Rogers B. Johnson
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