Teapot
1799-1800
Artists
Description
Fluted boat-shape wtih wooden loop handle and scroll spout; the hinged domed cover with pineapple finial; decorated with bright-cut bands of stiff foliage, wrigglework and garlands, and on each side with an oval vacant cartouche with floral swags
Dimensions
17.78 x 29.21 x 10.8 cm (7 x 11 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.) 527 g
Provenance
C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1933.
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