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Teapot

Description

Silver tea or hot water pot with black wood handle engraved with the initials, "SRE," for Solomon Etting (1764-1847). Pot has square base, pinecone-shaped finial, and pierced gallery around lid top.

Date

circa 1795

Materials

Silver, wood

Object ID

1938.7.19

Accession Number

1938.7.19

Resource ID

8085

Credit Line

Eleanor S. Cohen Collection, Gift of Eleanor S. Cohen

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

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