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A silver teapot with a decorative handle, a rounded square body and spout with sculptural decorations.
A silver teapot with a decorative handle, a rounded square body and spout with sculptural decorations.
A silver teapot with a decorative handle, a rounded square body and spout with sculptural decorations.
A silver teapot with a decorative handle, a rounded square body and spout with sculptural decorations.
A silver teapot with a decorative handle, a rounded square body and spout with sculptural decorations.
A silver teapot with a decorative handle, a rounded square body and spout with sculptural decorations.
A silver teapot with a decorative handle, a rounded square body and spout with sculptural decorations.
A silver teapot with a decorative handle, a rounded square body and spout with sculptural decorations.
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Unknown Maker, English

Teapot
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Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, English

Culture

English

Title

Teapot

Year

ca. 1830

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

Silver luster

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Sarah Osborn

Object Number

63.005.14

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Trading Earth
Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
Apr 09, 2022 – Jul 20, 2025

Label copy

Costly silver objects, like the teapot in the center, were often copied in form and finish in the less expensive medium of ceramics, as seen in the teapot on the left. The ceramic three-piece tea service on the left fools the eye, gaining its shine not from metal but from a luster glaze containing metallic oxides.

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, English
Teapot, ca. 1830
Earthenware with silver-luster glaze
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Sarah Osborn 63.005.14

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