Accession # | 48.113 |
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Culture | American |
Maker | Eben Smith |
Title | Teapot |
Date | 1814-1856 |
Medium | Britannia ware |
Dimensions | 11 3/4 x 6 3/8 in. (29.8 x 16.2 cm) |
Marks | "E. Smith" [in rectangle] |
Credit Line | Dick S. Ramsay Fund |
Location | Visible Storage: Case 20, Shelf D (Pewter) |
Description | So-called "lighthouse" form: tall, cylindrical, flaring shape with ebonized loop handle (replaced at later date) and mushroom finial; engraved with bands, twin flower-garland escutcheons, ribbed bands at top and bottom. |