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TEA URN FROM A TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

Creator(s): Boin-Taburet (Firm) , Georges Boin (Silversmith)

Currently in storage


About this object

The various motifs on the tea urn are repeated on the other pieces-coffee pot, teapot, creamer, sugar bowl, slop bowl. Their shapes are in general like an urn- narrower at the top with curved gadrooning, bulbous below with chased floral swags round-about. An oval medallion on each topped by a ribbon bow, containing an interlaced monogram, scrolled feet and handles, domed lids with pineapple finials.

Object name:
TEA URN FROM A TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
Made from:
Silver gilt
Made in:
Paris, France
Date made:
c. 1889
Size:
50.8 cm (20 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
12.303.1-4
Class:
SILVER
Signature marks:
MARK Inscribed "BOINTABURET A PARIS"; The mark of Georges Boin (1849-1911) in a lozenge; Minerva's head- indicating silver guarantee for large articles, in use from 1838. The mark created for silverware for the French Exhibition in Moscow in 1891.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973