Teapot

Object/Artifact

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Historic Stonington

Name/Title

Teapot

Entry/Object ID

2009.500.0192

Description

Chinese earthenware teapot with Chinese characters, unglazed. Brownish-red in color. Removable integral strainer. Yixing ware. Early 19th century. For brewing leaf tea – not the ground tea of the famous tea bowls, etc. http://the-leaf.org/issue7/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/yixing7.pdf

Collection

Lighthouse Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1840 - 1890

Place

Location

China