Teapot
- Object Name:
- Teapot
- Object ID:
- 1967.040.01 a-b
- Place of Origin:
- Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- circa 1865
- Description:
- Teapot with Cover. Soft paste porcelain. Ovoid body with tapered neck and scalloped rim. S-shaped spout with internal strainer. Spout has floral molded decoration. Scroll handle has thumbrest on top. Shallow base ring present. Mold lines present. Lid is stepped domed shape with a flower bud finial and one vent hole. Pot and lid are made of white porcelain with applied molded blue grape cluster and vine Chelsea sprig decorations around exterior.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Soft paste - Dimensions:
- H-8.1 W-8.125 Dia-6.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Tea set with history of being "bought for Angeline Nutting Bailey by her husband Willis W. Bailey (1831-1907) of Merrimack, N.H., on his return from the civil war." Donor wrote, "my grandmother was given the set a good many years ago and only used it on extraordinary occasions." Donor's grandmother was Angeline Nutting Bailey (1831-1907) of Mason, Merrimack, and Hillsboro, NH. Donor also wrote, "I have been left or given [the set] with the proviso that it be given to [the New Hampshire Historical Society]."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Harald W. Abbott
- Subjects:
- Tea, Tea ceremonies
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