Urn, Tea
- Object Name:
- Urn, Tea
- Object ID:
- 2008.038.03.01
- Creator:
- Manhattan Plate Company
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Hot Water Urn. Silver-plated; white metal and brass; Renaissance Revival Style. Rounded urn-shaped body with tapered stem and square base on four rounded feet. Two reticulated ribbed strap handles. Curved, stepped top with curved, stepped cover with urn-shaped finial. Hinged spigot at base of body with mahogany insulator on handle. Cast beaded egg and dart molding bands around rim and base. Vertical oval laurel wreath engraved on two sides with an old English script "H" hand engraved in center of rear wreath. Wreaths connected by floral swag band around body. Two double dot bands around rim beneath egg and dart band. Band of punched dots and four-leaf clovers around top of stem. "MANHATTAN" stamped in a semi-circular rectangle, "NEW YORK" stamped in rectangle, "2003" stamped incuse, "PLATE COMPANY" stamped on bottom of base.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver
Brass
Mahogany - Dimensions:
- H-16.149 W-10.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Margaret M. Bolus, great-granddaughter of James Riggs Hill. Hill owned the set.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret M. Bolus
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