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| Maker(s): | Chawner, Henry | | Culture: | British; English (1764-1851)
| | Title: | Teapot
| | Date Made: | 1792
| | Type: | Food Service
| | Materials: | Silver and wood; molded, engraved, and carved
| | Place Made: | Europe; United Kingdom; Great Britain; England; London
| | Measurements: | Overall: 5 1/2 in x 11 1/8 in x 4 in; 14 cm x 28.3 cm x 10.2 cm
| | Accession Number: | MH 1986.33.30
| | Credit Line: | Bequest of Josephine Purtscher Fellows (Class of 1924)
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Silver oval body with twelve vertical, broadly fluted sides and engraved, bright-cut floral borders; some-shaped oval cover with inset hinge and bright-cut foliage border and oval wood and silver dinials; straight, oval, tapered spout joined at base, engraved with bright-cut floral design at tip; wooden scroll handle secured by pins to straight, round handle sockets.
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