Teapot and Lid
Teapot and Lid
Teapot and Lid
Teapot and Lid
Teapot and Lid
Teapot and Lid
Teapot and Lid
Teapot and Lid

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Teapot and Lid

British
y1929-387 a-b

Information

Title
Teapot and Lid
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
13.5 x 10 x 17.8 cm (5 5/16 x 3 15/16 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
Trumbull-Prime Collection
Object Number
y1929-387 a-b
Culture
British
Type
ceramics, teapots
Materials
porcelain
Subject
floral patterns, spouts, ring handles

Elizabeth J. Smith; by descent to Julia T. Smith [1]; 1892 gift to Mercer Monument [2].

[1] Label adhered to bottom: This Tea Pot was / used by my / Grandmother / Elizabeth J. Smith / before & at the time / Tea was thrown overboard in / Boston Harbor / July 7.73 / J. T. Smith 1884.; Piece of paper inside teapot: From my Grandmother / Elizabeth J. Smith / wife of Cap William Smith / of the Revolutionary / army who said that / she drank tea from it / at the time Tea was / thrown overboard in / Boston Harbor and being / so unpopular if known / that she did at that / time she was obliged / to keep it private / Julia T. Smith / Decb. 3d 1893.;

[2] Piece of paper inside teapot: I give this tea Pot to the Mercer / Monument when erected to / place in or on it but not / before / Julia T. Smith / December 3d 1892,;

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