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A dark brown teapot in the shape of a figure wearing a hat.

Unknown Maker, American

Snuff-Taker Toby Teapot,

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

American

Title

Snuff-Taker Toby Teapot

Medium

glazed ceramic

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Ceramic with glaze

Techniques

  • Ceramic with glaze

Dimensions

Height: 26.4 cm (10 3/8 inches)

Place

Place Made: Bennington; Place Made: Vermont

Type

  • Ceramics

Credit

Gift of Miss Alice Brownell, Mrs. Ernst R. Behrend and Alfred S. Brownell

Object Number

29.189

About

Snuff-Taker Toby Teapot

Trading Earth

Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
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Trading Earth
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Place Made: Bennington; Place Made: Vermont

Projects & Publications

Publications

Soundwalk

Trading Earth
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Trading Earth

Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Trading Earth

April 9, 2022 - July 20, 2025

The English Eye

June 21 - September 1, 1991

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Snuff-Taker Toby Teapot with the accession number of 29.189. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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