The teapot has a fluted paneled body with a milled band of oak leaves and grapes at the shoulder and a milled gadrooned border at the rim; the hinged lid has an oblong finial with a gadrooned rim; a plain, wrought, curved spout; a pedestal base with a conforming border; and a curved handle with...
Inscription
"A E H" in shaded Old English capitals engraved, possibly later, on side. "22oz9" on bottom
Marks
"J.Sayre" in script in shaped cartouche struck on underside.
Provenance
According to the donor, the original owner was Anne Erwin (1803-1854), wife of Henry Hitchcock (1792-1839); to their son Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1835-1909) and Margaret Collier, m. 1869; to their daughter, Anne Erwin Hitchcock (1875-1960) and Admiral William S. Sims, m. 1905; to their daughter Anne Sims Morrison (b. 1914), nee Anne Hitchcock Sims, the donor.
Credit Line
Gift of Anne Sims Morison in memory of my mother, Mrs. William S. Sims
about 1821
- Joel Sayre, American, 1778–1818
- Or John Sayre, American, 1771–1852
Object Place
New York, New York, United States
Dimensions
19.05 x 25.4 x 8.57 cm (7 1/2 x 10 x 3 3/8 in.)
Accession Number
1994.293.3
Medium or Technique
Silver