Tea Pot
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Caption
Tiffany & Company (American, founded 1853). Tea Pot, ca. 1868. Silver, bone or ivory, 6 x 9 3/8 x 6 in. (15.2 x 23.8 x 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Eleanor Keveney in memory of Clarence A. Pratt, 71.144.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Maker
Title
Tea Pot
Date
ca. 1868
Geography
Place made: New York, New York, United States
Medium
Silver, bone or ivory
Classification
Dimensions
6 x 9 3/8 x 6 in. (15.2 x 23.8 x 15.2 cm)
Signatures
No signature
Inscriptions
Inscribed on body on one side of pot: "Presented to / Peter B. Anderson / by the / Old Dominion Steamship Co. / 1868." Inscribed on the opposite side of the body: a large paddle wheel steamboat.
Markings
Stamped on bottom: "Tiffany & Company / 1516 / M Quality 925-1000 M / 2740 / 550 Broadway"
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor Keveney in memory of Clarence A. Pratt
Accession Number
71.144.2
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