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Teapot
1960s
Cartier
Cartier (French, Paris, est. 1847)
Decorative Art and Design
Teapot, 1960s. Cartier (French, Paris, est. 1847). Silver, ebonized wood; overall: 14.3 x 28.3 x 16.1 cm (5 5/8 x 11 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.202.2 The British tradition of afternoon tea began in 1840 when Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford, requested tea and snacks to satiate the pangs of hunger felt between the notoriously light luncheon and late-evening dinner.
- Maker/Artist
- Cartier
- Classification
- Silver
- Formatted Medium
- silver, ebonized wood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 14.3 x 28.3 x 16.1 cm (5 5/8 x 11 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Marked, underside: Cartier / STERLING / 6113
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 2020.202.2
- Credit Line
- Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
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