Description:
Bombe-shaped tea chest with four molded brass feet and a ringed handle at each end; hinged lid lined with red velvet; and three interior compartments with two covered cases for tea and a cut glass sugar bowl in the center. According to family tradition cited by the donor, the chest belonged to Eunice Canfield (b.1770), the daughter of John Canfield (1740-1786) of Sharon, Connecticut, and Dorcas Buell Canfield (1742-1812) of Litchfield, Connecticut, who married in 1765. Eunice Canfield married Andrew Adams Jr. (1736-1797) of Litchfield, Connecticut, on April 25, 1785. Born in Stratford, Connecticut, Andrew Adams graduated from Yale in 1760 and practiced in Stamford and Litchfield, Connecticut; he was a signer of the Articles of Confederation in 1777 as a delegate to Congress in 1777-80 and 1781-82; chief justice of Supreme Court of Connecticut; member of state legislature in 1776-81; appointed judge of state supreme court in 1789, and made chief justice in 1793.
Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Brass; Glass Link to share this object record:
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