Joseph Toy
Teapot with Stand
1789
Physical Qualities
Silver, Teapot with stand: 5 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (14.3 x 14 x 22.5 cm) Teapot: 4 5/8 x 4 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (11.7 x 11.4 x 22.5 cm) Stand: 1 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (3.2 x 14 x 14 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.105
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD
J. Hall Pleasants: A Memorial Exhibition, p. 22
Clopper Almon, ed., "Memoirs of Morton Boyte Howell," (Beersheba Springs: Beersheba Springs Historical Society, 2011): 138.
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 47, ill.
J. Hall Pleasants: A Memorial Exhibition, p. 22
Pleasants and Sill, pp. 247-248 & pl. XLVIII, nos. 2 and 3
Inscribed: Engraved monogram "CRR" on the side of the pot and the center of the stand
Markings: (a) Maker's mark on underside: "IT" (3x) etched on underside: "VW 193" (c) Maker's stamp on underside: "IT" (3x) etched on underside: "VW 193"
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Willow Brook/Case 3
