Teapot

Creator Joseph DuBois (1767-1798), Teunis Denise DuBois (1773-1843)

Accession number 48.336.1

Unique identifier MNY44558

Description Teapot from tea service with seamed elliptical body, concave shoulders and applied beaded bands at shoulder and base. Trumpet-shaped domed hinged cover with urn finial bolted through and secured with silver nut. Straight seamed spout, wooden C-scroll handle pinned into silver sockets, body engraved with bright-cut ermine mantling, and shield on either side of body. Inscription: Engraved on body, within shield on one side: JEMR. Engraved on body, within shield on other side: ETS. Scratched on base: ELIZABETH TITUS 1782 / DAUGHTER OF GEN. FRANCIS TITUS / ELIZABETH T. MESEROLE 1840 / CLARA E. SHONNARD 1881 / S. F. TAYLOR / 1890. Mark: Marked on base: [sheaf of wheat] / J. & T.D / [bird's head.]

Dated 1795-1797

Object Type tea service, teapot

Inscription / technical details engraved within ermine mantling with script initials on one side JEMR and EIS; scratched on pase "Elizabeth Titus 1782/Daughter of Gen. Francis Titus/Elizabeth R. Meserole 1840/ Clara E. Shonnard 1881

Physical dimensions H: 7 1/2 in. W: 11 1/2 in. WEIGHT: 22.45 oz.

Medium silver (metal), wood (plant material)

File dimensions 18.3 in × 18.3 in at 300dpi
46.5 cm × 46.5 cm at 300dpi

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