Harvard Art Museums > 875.1927: Teapot Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Teapot (Samuel Minott) , 875.1927,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/232464. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 875.1927 People Samuel Minott, American (1732 - 1803) Title Teapot Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1751 Places Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/232464 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver Dimensions 14 x 23 x 12 cm (5 1/2 x 9 1/16 x 4 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: Mark, in rectangle: Minott Inscribed, bottom: William Kneeland, H.C. 1751 Provenance Recorded Ownership History William Kneeland, Gift from ten of his students, 1763. (William Kneeland was Tutor 1754-1763) Descended through family to Frederick H. Hedge (class of 1851) and Miss Charlotte A. Hedge. Joint Gift to Harvard Library, 1916. Corporation Records, June 21, 1916: Voted that the President and Fellows desire to express their gratitude to Mr. Frederick H. Hedge and to Miss Charlotte A. Hedge for their gift of a silver teapot belonging to their great grandfather, Dr. William Kneeland, a Tutor in the College from 1754 to 1763. Frederick was class of 1851. Charlotte and Frederick were descendants of Tutor William Kneeland, class of 1751. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from Harvard University; Gift to Harvard College in 1916 from Miss Charlotte A. Hedge and Frederick H. Hedge, Class of 1851, descendants of Tutor William Kneeland, Class of 1751, to whom the teapot once belonged Object Number 875.1927 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
