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Tea Urn by International Silver Company

Tea Urn

International Silver Company

ca. 1932–33

silverplate

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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A highly polished silverplate tea urn with a spherical body, a prominent spout, and a cylindrical base with vertical slats. A slender finial tops the urn. Lent by Dallas Museum of Art, The Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection, gift of Patsy Lacy Griffith by exchange, General Acquisitions Fund, and gift of Susan and Eric Saarinen, 2012.54.A-C

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tea urn urn spout finial centered symmetry strong verticals shallow space frontal view silverplate kitchenware serving vessel black

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