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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Technical Drawing for Circa '70 Teapot (designed in 1958 and first produced in 1960), 1962

Description

Maker

  • Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1831-present, American, manufacturer
  • J. Teixeira, ca. 1962, delineator
  • Donald H. Colflesh, b. 1932, American, designer

Title

Technical Drawing for Circa '70 Teapot (designed in 1958 and first produced in 1960)

Year

1962

Medium

Pen and ink with graphite underdrawing on tracing paper

Dimensions

33 x 42.2 cm (13 x 16 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

"No. -1462 TEA" in ink in upper left corner. "13 X 16 1/2" in small pencil letters in upper right corner. "EBONY" in pencil with arrows pointing to handle and finial. "CAST" inpencil with arrow pointing to lower handle, upper handle, base of finial, and spout. "PINNED" in pencil with arrow pointing to joint between ebony and cast silver on handle. "SOLDERED" with arrow pointing to joints at top and bottom of handle and base of spout. "SAME COVER FOR COFFEE" in pencil with arrow pointing to recessed cover. "1/8 SQUARE / WIRE" in pencil with arrow pointing to cutaway of cover. "9 1/4" marks height of tea pot, "7 3/8" marks height to top of spout, "7 5/8" marks height to flare around cover, "3 3/16" marks diameter of base. Data field at bottom filled in, in ink, with "CIRCA '70' / COVER-.028" / COVER BEZEL -.032" / BODY -.032" in left column, "AUTH. 4661 / / DTE 10-19 1962 / DRAWN BY J. Teixeira" in center column, "BOTTOM -.025" / FINIAL SOCKET - 41637 / SPOUT - 41631 / TOP HANDLE SOCKET - 41632 / BOTTOM HANDLE SOCKET - 41633"

Type

  • Design,
  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.45.633

Projects & Publications

Publications

Gorham Silver Designing Brilliance 1850-1970

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