Unknown
(Maker)
Silver-plated copper (Sheffield plate). Oval urn-shaped pot with double-stepped shoulder, curved spout, hinged, and domed cover with ball knop, standing on an oval stepped foot
History note: Unknown before lenders
Lent by Theo and Rosemary Cutting
Height: 25.5 cm
Length: 29.5 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Loan
(2016)
by
Cutting, Theo and Rosemary
Late 18th-early 19th century
Circa
1795
CE
-
1805
CE
Surface
composed of
silver
( fused to copper)
Handle
composed of
wood
Body And Spout
composed of
copper alloy
Foot
Length 13 cm
Width 9.5 cm
Body
Parts
Accession number: AAL.62-2017
Primary reference Number: 227334
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Teapot"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/227334 Accessed: 2022-07-06 19:40:59
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2022-07-06 19:40:59|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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