Teapot
Datec. 1815 - 1820
Mediumsilver
Dimensions9 9/16 × 11 1/2 × 4 5/8 inches (24.3 × 29.2 × 11.7 cm)
MarkingsMaker's mark: J. CRAWFORD [in rectangle]; [incused dot]
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds provided by Mrs. Gordon Carson, Miss Sarah Cunningham, Miss Dorothy Farr, Mrs. James Glover, Mrs. Hunter Harris, Mr. Tom Hilton, Mr. Lester Karow, Mrs. Richard Meyer, Mrs. Henry L. Richmond, Mrs. Fred J. Robinson, Miss Margaret Stiles, Mrs. Rufus Wainwright, and Mr. and Mrs. Descombe Wells.
Object number1957.2.1
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Tea Service, c. 1815 - 1820
silver
Museum purchase with funds provided by Mrs. Gordon Carson, Miss Sarah Cunningham, Miss Dorothy Farr, Mrs. James Glover, Mrs. Hunter Harris, Mr. Tom Hilton, Mr. Lester Karow, Mrs. Richard Meyer, Mrs. Henry L. Richmond, Mrs. Fred J. Robinson, Miss Margaret Stiles, Mrs. Rufus Wainwright, and Mr. and Mrs. Descombe Wells; OT1956.1.1-4
Inscribed on the outside of each piece: R
Inscribed on the underside of the foot rim of the teapot: FLB Richardson, for Frances Lewis Bolton Richardson (1794-1822)