Teapot

Object Name:

Teapot

Object ID:

1984.049.04

Date:

1858

Description:

Teapot. Silver plated over white base medal. Squat vase shaped body with constricted and slightly flared neck. With hinged attached lid. Attached S shaped spout with built in strainer. Loop shaped handle with two mother of pearl insulators, which are disk shaped. Standing on a round pedestal base. Cast flower finial attached to lid with screw and wing nut. Floral repousse work on lid and body. Flower and scroll designs on spout and handle. Diaper and dot pattern on spout, where it meets the body. Leaf and twig design attached to base. Solder seam lines visible at neck rim, juncture of spout, junctures of handle, center line of handle, juncture of neck and body, juncture of body and pedestal and pedestal bottom and decorative ring. One of a five piece tea service (1984.49.1-.5).

Material:

Metal
Silver

Dimensions:

H-10.25 W-9.8 D-5.8 inches

Provenance:

A teacher and principal of the Female Department of the Literary and Scientific Institution in New London, Mary Jane Prescott (1821-1894) received this tea set from her students as a wedding present. She married Rev. Lucian Hayden (1808-1896) in 1858. The couple moved to Indianapolis by 1870, where Lucian served as Superintendent and Mary served as Principal of another Female Institute. They had one child, Mary P., who died young.
The tea set was delivered by Mildred Crockett Tunis (1900-1993) of New London N.H., mother of the donor, Mary Jane Tunis-Schneider of Albany N.Y. Mildred's grandmother, Sarah Elizabeth Prescott Henry (1828-1891), was the younger sister of Mary Jane Prescott. Their father was noted musical instrument maker, Abraham Prescott (1789-1858) of Deerfield & Concord, N.H.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mary Jane Tunis-Schneider

People:

Prescott, Mary Jane (1821-1894), Hayden, Lucian (1808-1896), Nichols, M. A., Cheney, Melissa, Trussell, S. E., Green, P. J., Greene, Sarah, Baldwin, L. G., Flagg, Lucy A., Scales, Lissie A., Haley, Augusta C., Gove, Hellen E., Gove, Maria A., Jewell, Minnie C., Sinclair, Lissy M., Fisher, Ellen E., Todd, Sarah E., Burpee, A. E., Westgate, Hellen, Hurvey, Mary A., McCutchins, L., Jewell, Carrie, Stacy, Horace, Young, S. S., Colby, H. L., Martin, George K., Somes, A. P., Scales, John, Atwood, Solomon D., Pollard, George E., Smith, H. K., Tilton, A. V., Rowe, Charles R., Dinsmoor, Daniel S., Pillsbury, Charles A. (1842-1899), Flagg, W. L., Fellows, H. A., Rawson, M. C., Davis, A. L., Carter, M. O., Emerson, J. J., Hall, S. E., Clark, A. B., Gilchrist, S. Jennie, Brown, J. E., Smiley, A. L., Ambrose, M. J., Brown, M. L., Craft, S. E., Henry, Sarah E. (1828-1891), Crockett, Esther M., Tunis, Mildred C. (1900-1993), Tunis-Schneider, Mary Jane B., Gates, Arabella Maria Belle (1840-1870), Moulton, Clarence F. (1837-1922), Haley, C. Augusta (1840-1896), Burtt, Angelina M. (1837-1865), Currier, Mary A. (1832-1912)

Subjects:

Teachers