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Teapot

Object Name:
Teapot
Object ID:
1966.018.06.1 a-b
Date:
1820
Description:
Teapot with lid. Red earthenware, silver lustreware. Red earthenware, entirely coated with silver lustre exterior and partly on interior. Oval body shaped into a rectangle with rounded corners at the top and fitted for a set-in lid. Body rounds under evenly to a foot ring. Sides of body covered with wide vertical ribbing to just above midpoint. Above this shaped into heavy horizontal bands. S curving spout with diamond shaped strainer with ribbing at base. Loop handle shaped with two angles. Lid with ribbing on the dome and a rosette knob handle.
Object register:
a. body
b. lid
Material:
Ceramic
Earthenware
Dimensions:
H-5.7 W-10.3 D-5.05 inches
Provenance:
Given in memory of Grace Berry (Manchester), Mabel Rollins Berry (sister), Mary Butler (cousin of Grace Berry), Sarah Chandler, Hannah MacLaughlin Rollins (great grandmother), Rodney M. Rollins and Abigail Raymore Rollins (grandparents), and Rollins Berry (mother).
Credit Line:
Gift of Laura Berry Offutt and Harriet Berry Denham
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