Retailer Tiffany & Co. (founded 1837)

Teapot

ca. 1878

Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America

Silver, copper, ivory, jade

Overall: 5 1/8 × 7 1/2 × 3 5/8 in. (13 × 19.1 × 9.2 cm)

Gift of Robert G. Goelet

1982.59

DescriptionSeamed silver teapot in the Japanese style; squat, square body with slightly curved sides; silver, gold and copper mounts; a vine with leaves meanders around the pot with a copper gourd hanging from it, with a gold butterfly, a copper and gold dragonfly and a copper butterfly applied below; square, hinged lid with a silver leaf mount and a copper beetle; carved, split peach jade finial; silver loop handle with ivory insulators; wide cast flange handle sockets; straight tapered spout with a scrolled bracket between the body and upper spout seam; four curved trapezoidal feet; handle engraved with a bishops miter (unidentified family crest,) and the initials, "A. W. R." in block letters; makers' marks on the base.

Markingsengraved: on handle: "A. W. R." in block letters below a bishop's miter stamped: on base: "TIFFANY & Co./ 5048 M 892/ STERLING SILVER/ -AND-/ OTHER METALS/ 741"

ClassificationsSILVER