Lenox, Inc. and Schell Lewis
“Architects’ Tea Set” Covered Sugar Bowl
1932
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Physical Qualities
Glazed hard-paste porcelain, copper lustre decoration, Teapot with lid: 5 1/8 x 6 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (13 x 16.2 x 8.9 cm) Teapot: 3 7/8 x 6 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (9.8 x 16.2 x 8.9 cm) Lid: 3 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. (7.6 x 5.7 x 5.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Arthur J. Gutman, Baltimore
Object Number
2001.55.4
Architects' Tea Set Sugar bowl with a drawing of the outside of Independence Hall in the center of one side and an eagle on the other. The top of the lid has a copper lustre bird.
Mrs. Arthur J. Gutman, Baltimore
Barbara D. McMillan, 'Tea Empathy: The Architects' Tea Service, 1932-1933, and its American Precedents' Studies in the Decorative Arts, volume VIII, Number 2, Spring-Summer 2001, pp.105-129.
Inscribed: Marked on obverse of sugar bowl "INDEPENDENCE HALL" Marked on reverse of sugar bowl "E PLURIBUS UNUM"
Markings: Marked underneath sugar bowl "LENOX/Architect's Tea Set/1933/Copyright"
