Teapot
patented December 21,1881, manufactured ca. 1882
Richard William Binns
English, 1819-1900
Decorative Arts
- Maker/Artist
- Richard William Binns
- Classification
- Food/Drink
- Formatted Medium
- Porcelain
- Medium
- porcelain
- Locations
- Place manufactured: Worcester, England
- Dimensions
- H: 6 1/16 × 6 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (15.4 × 17.1 × 8.3 cm)
- Inscribed
- Underside of (a) main body, in purple transfer: " FEARFUL CONSEQUENCES/THROUGH THE LAWS OF/NATURAL SELECTION AND/EVOLUTION OF LIVING/UP TO ONE'S TEAPOT";
- Departments
- Decorative Arts
- Accession Number
- 2009.69a-b
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Laura L. Barnes and gift of John D. Rockefeller III, by exchange
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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