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A silver teapot with a decorative angular handle, a rounded square body and spout with sculptural decorations.
A silver teapot with a decorative angular handle, a rounded square body and spout with sculptural decorations.
A silver teapot with a decorative angular handle, a rounded square body and spout with sculptural decorations.
A silver teapot with a decorative angular handle, a rounded square body and spout with sculptural decorations.
A silver teapot with a decorative angular handle, a rounded square body and spout with sculptural decorations.
A silver teapot with a decorative angular handle, a rounded square body and spout with sculptural decorations.
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Simon Harris

Teapot

Description

Maker

Simon Harris (English, active beginning ca. 1795), silversmith

Title

Teapot

Year

1810-1811

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silver

Geography

Place Made: London; Place Made: England

Dimensions

Height: 18.1 cm (7 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: [marks]

Marks: [bust]

Marks: S.H. / P / castle / lion / bust

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Mr. Charles L. Pendleton

Object Number

04.197

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.

The English Eye
British Painting from the 17th to the 19th Centuries; Contemporary British Art; Old Master British Drawings and Watercolors; British Picture Books for Children; Three Centuries of British Decorative Arts, Textiles, and Costume
Jun 21, 1991 – Sep 01, 1991

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Related Publications

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Tombstone

Simon Harris (English, active beginning ca. 1795), silversmith
Teapot, 1810-1811
Silver
Height: 18.1 cm (7 1/8 inches)
Bequest of Mr. Charles L. Pendleton 04.197

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