Teapot
- Object Name:
- Teapot
- Object ID:
- 1984.027.05.2
- Creator:
- Reed & Barton -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Taunton, MA
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Teapot, one of a five-piece tea service (1984.027.05.1-.5). Silver plate. Teapot with attached hinged lid, loop handle with insulators, S-shaped spout with built-in strainer and four feet. Base of pot is square; top of pot is almost fully round. Lid is square. Body of pot is decorated with fluting at each corner and etched floral design at handle end and spout end. Top of pot, below the lid, is also decorated with etched floral design and fluting. Widest part of top is edged with dentition. Lid is fully fluted and has square finial. Fluting also on spout and handle. Feet are cast in a leafy scroll design. Maker's mark on bottom includes an image of a globe with latitude and longitude lines, arrow going through it with two wings on upper end. Stamped below, "MF'D & PLATED BY / REED & BARTON". Below that is stamped "3212", and "6".
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-6.675 W-9.625 D-5.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Associated with the White Memorial Universalist Church (organized 1842), Concord, NH, or the family of Nathaniel and Armenia White, benefactors for whom the Church was renamed in 1885.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the White Memorial Universalist Church
- Subjects:
- Teapots
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