Stories in Sterling: Four Centuries of Silver in New York
When this teapot was made during the last decade of the seventeenth century, tea drinking was still a relatively recent phenomenon in the American colonies. Despite its modest proportions, this teapot communicated owners Captain and Mrs. Johannes Schuyler’s status through its connection to the refined ritual of tea drinking and implied access to costly leaves.
New-York Historical Society, Bequest of Major Philip Schuyler
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