Lenox, Inc. and Schell Lewis
“Architects’ Tea Set” Hot Water Pitcher
1932
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Physical Qualities
Glazed hard-paste porcelain, copper lustre decoration, Pitcher with lid: 6 7/8 x 5 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (17.5 x 13.3 x 8.3 cm) Pitcher: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (13.3 x 13.3 x 8.3 cm) Lid: 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (6.4 x 4.4 x 5.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Arthur J. Gutman, Baltimore
Object Number
2001.55.2
Architects' Tea Set Hot milk or water pot with a drawing of the outside of the North Church in New Haven in the center of one side with an American eagle on the other. The lid has a copper lustre bird on the top.
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 pitcher "New Haven" "NORTH CHURCH" Marked on reverse of pitcher "E PLURIBUS UNUM"
Markings: Marked underneath hot water pitcher "LENOX/Architect's Tea Set/1933/Copyright"
