Teapot Stand
Paul Revere Jr.
1796 · Silver · The American Wing
This elliptical teapot stand and its matching fluted bailhandled sugar basket (33.120.544) were originally part of a larger service ordered from Paul Revere Jr. in June 1796 by Jonathan Hunnewell (1759–1842). Fashioned in the prevailing neoclassical taste and engraved with delicate brightcut swags and tassels, they closely resemble other tea wares supplied by Revere in the mid to late 1790s. Hunnewell’s order also included a silver teapot, a second teapot stand, and four salt shovels. The individual pieces are itemized in Revere’s ledgers, along with their weights and costs
- Artist
- Paul Revere Jr.
- Date
- 1796
- Medium
- Silver
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Bequest of Alphonso T. Clearwater, 1933
