Teapot

Artists

Description

Straight-sided oval, bright-cut engraved with bands of stylised foliage and each side with a shield-shaped cartouche, one engraved with a crest and script initials NS, the hinged domed cover with conforming decoration and stained ivory pineapple finial, with tapering spout and wood loop handle; the oval stand with wrigglework borders, raised on four part-fluted shaped feet, with conforming decoration and the same crest. The crest, that of a demi-lion rampant, pertains to many families.

Dimensions

15.24 x 27.6 x 10.2 cm (6 x 10 7/8 x 4 in.) 359 g

Provenance

C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1933.