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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1973.127
People
William Moulton IV, American (1772 - 1861)
Title
Teapot
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 1808
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227075

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
17.8 x 33 x 12.7 cm (7 x 13 x 5 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Makers' mark on bottom stamped twice [raised in rectangle]: MW. Inscribed on side: EEW/1808. Incised on bottom: E12856.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
C. N. Greene, by 1947. Stephen Green, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1973

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Stephen Greene
Accession Year
1973
Object Number
1973.127
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Design matches 1972.128a and b, 1972.129, elongated oval-octagonal shape with carved wooden handle attached with nails, hinged lid topped with finial. Spout has a cut-out pattern at tip.

Exhibition History

  • GenEd US12 American Encounters: Art, Contact, and Conflict, 1560-1860 (S427) Spring 2012, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 05/12/2012

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