Collection Highlights
Memorial sample card
Date:
Object Number:
1947.490a
Medium:
Watercolor and hair on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Partial tea service
Object Number:
1957.222ab
Date:
ca. 1810 (teapot); ca. 1845 (waste bowl)
Medium:
Silver, ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (26 x 31.8 x 14.6 cm)
Marks:
Mark: stamped on base of teapot: "G. EOFF" in a rectangle twice
Mark: stamped on base of the waste bowl: "EOFF & PHYFE" in a rectangle twice
Inscription: engraved at inside base of teapot and on the front of waste bowl: "J E B" in script
Description:
Wrought partial silver tea service consiting of a teapot and waste bowl; wide gadrooning around the lower bodies on applied round stepped feet with egg and dart applied footrings and die-rolled acorn and floral band pedestals; concave shoulders with applied vertical egg and dart rims; engraved, "J E B" in script on the interior of the base of the teapot and the center front of the waste bowl; makers' marks on the bases.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Sheldon Leavitt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
