Tea Kettle-on-Stand

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Caption

Gorham Manufacturing Company (1865–1961). Tea Kettle-on-Stand, ca. 1885. Copper, brass, wood, cane, Stand: 15 3/4 x 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (40 x 18.4 x 18.4 cm) Tea Kettle and Lid: 6 3/4 x 7 x 5 1/2 in. (17.2 x17.8 x 5 1/2 cm) Burner: height:2 1/6 (5.1 cm) ; diameter: 3in (7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Robert J. Mehlman, 1995.152a-d.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Tea Kettle-on-Stand

Date

ca. 1885

Geography

Place manufactured: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Medium

Copper, brass, wood, cane

Classification

Food/Drink

Dimensions

Stand: 15 3/4 x 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (40 x 18.4 x 18.4 cm) Tea Kettle and Lid: 6 3/4 x 7 x 5 1/2 in. (17.2 x17.8 x 5 1/2 cm) Burner: height:2 1/6 (5.1 cm) ; diameter: 3in (7.6 cm)

Signatures

not signed

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

(a) on bottom of one foot: 11 (b) on bottom, scrached: 608/17 (illegible, possibly Gorham mark for 1886) (c) none (d) on bottom: V110

Credit Line

Gift of Robert J. Mehlman

Accession Number

1995.152a-d

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