Teapot

ca. 1760-1764

American, 1724 - ca. 1773/9

This teapot is a hybrid of styles. The double-bellied or inverted pear shape also appears in sugar bowls and coffeepots in the rococo style, while the foliate strapwork and crosshatched diaper pattern on the pot’s shoulder are surface decoration of an earlier baroque style, ca. 1690–1730.

Silver, with wood handle

Length: 9 1/2 in. (24.1cm)

Gift of Ruth J. Nutt

2014.24.13

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, An American Sampler, May 18, 2002 - July 4, 2005

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