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Teapot
The collection record classifies this work as silver. It is dated c. 1755–60. Recorded culture or place: America.
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- Museum title
- Teapot
- Date
- c. 1755–60
- Culture / origin
- America
- Materials and technique
- Silver, Wood
- Dimensions
- with handle: 14.5 x 24.4 cm (5 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Nathaniel Hurd (American, 1730–1778)
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1940.228
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This teapot not only demonstrates Hurd's mastery of the art of forging silver, but of engraving it as well. The design for the coat of arms of the Gibbs family incised on this teapot was probably taken from Guillim's Display of Heraldry, published in 1724. In Hurd's portrait by Copley the words "Display of Heraldry/J. Guillim" are visible on the spine of the large book shown at the sitter's elbow.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Hollis French · CC0
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