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Hot Water Urn
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Hot Water Urn

Daten. d.
Mediumsilver electroplate
Dimensions14 3/4 × 9 × 6 1/2 inches (37.5 × 22.9 × 16.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank A. Rizza, M.D. and family.
Object number2012.15.50.a-.d
On View
Not on view
CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextThe vase shape of this hot water urn is a common motif of Neoclassical design, very fashionable in the 1820s.
Terms
    A melon-shaped urn with two high rectangular handles resting atop a stand with a burner.
    Samuel Child Kirk
    c. 1828 - 1846
    A silver-plated hot water urn with a melon-shaped body decorated in slanted gadroon borders, a …
    Matthew Boulton
    1784 - 1790
    A copper and silver hot water urn with a removable lid crowned by a sphinx knob, bird-like hand…
    Unknown
    n. d.
    A family gathered around a table by an unlit fireplace mourns the loss of their relative.
    Arthur Hacker
    c. 1883
    A bronze argand lamp with two arms and two reproduction frosted chimneys.
    J. & I. Cox
    c. 1825 - 1830
    William Brown Hodgson
    Ernest-Joseph-Angelon Girard
    1842
    A Regency sterling silver coffeepot with ivory handle and hinged lid designed with elaborate de…
    Paul Storr
    1816
    A sterling silver hot water kettle on a square stand with four clawed-feet and floral gadroonin…
    Tiffany and Co.
    c. 1895
    Four lamps piped from a central vasiform font ornamented with Greek-key and surmounted by a fol…
    Unknown
    c. 1815 - 1820