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Teapot: airplane

Teapot: airplane
Name: 
TEAPOT
Teapot: airplane
circa 1930
Country: 
Great Britain
Accession: 
TD1991.2.1
Unknown, Designer Unknown, Maker
Collection: 
Object
Decorative Arts and Furniture
Art Deco
Subject: 
Aviation , Metal/Metal Design , Food and Beverage
Inches 5-1/2 8-1/2 11, Centimeters 14.0 21.6 27.9
Credit Line: 
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
URL: 
TD1991.2.1-3.JPG
Tags: 
Travel, Transportation, and Tourism~Decorative Arts and Furniture~Art Deco
Silver electroplated brass teapot in the form of an overall squared airplane with hinged square lid and apostrophe-like finial; corrugated wings, flat disc wheels, square buffalo horn handle underneath tail; applied buffalo horn overlay on fin of tail.
Teapot: airplane
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  • Title :     Teapot: airplane
  • Artist:     Unknown, Designer Unknown, Maker
  • Accession:     TD1991.2.1
  • Country:     Great Britain
  • Date:     circa 1930
  • Dimensions:     Inches 5-1/2 8-1/2 11, Centimeters 14.0 21.6 27.9
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Decorative Arts and Furniture
  • Collection Theme:     Art Deco
  • Subject:     Aviation , Metal/Metal Design , Food and Beverage
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     TD1991.2.1-3.JPG
  • Tags:     Travel, Transportation, and Tourism~Decorative Arts and Furniture~Art Deco
Description:
Silver electroplated brass teapot in the form of an overall squared airplane with hinged square lid and apostrophe-like finial; corrugated wings, flat disc wheels, square buffalo horn handle underneath tail; applied buffalo horn overlay on fin of tail.
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