Teapot
- Object Name:
- Teapot
- Object ID:
- 1966.502 a-b
- Date:
- circa 1825
- Description:
- Teapot with lid. Pearlware, earthenware. Rectangular body with S shaped spout, built in strainer, and arched D shape handle, bulging lower body with flat shoulder which constricts to scalloped neck. Lid is pyramid shaped. Blue transfer print on entire exterior with image of wicker basket filled with fruit on both long sides of body. Flower decoration covers remaining exterior. Impressed "10" on bottom as well as illegible blue mark.
Object register:
a. body
b. lid - Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearl ware - Dimensions:
- H-6.5 W-10.9 D-5.5 inches
- Provenance:
- According to Charles Wood, former cataloguer, this is "said to have been used at Veasey's Inn, Northwood, by President Monroe, Lafayette and Webster."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary Veasey Towle
Electronic Resources are only available to New Hampshire Historical Society members. To access electronic resources, please join the New Hampshire Historical Society.