RED ROOF HOUSE JAPANESE-MADE TEA SET

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

RED ROOF HOUSE JAPANESE-MADE TEA SET

Entry/Object ID

84.9.1.8

Description

Service - tea; circa 1920's, beige backgrounds with grey band around center bodies, house with peaked red roof surrounded by trees on an island with a swan in the foreground (on one side of each body), orange tones at horizon line (grey band), gold lime work on top edges, handles, top of knobs, marked on bottom of all bodies "Hand Painted/Made In Japan (around a crown with the initial S inside and a laurel wreath underneath)"; a) teapot - simple loop with dropped line handle, curved spout; b) teapot lid - round knob handle, part of tree detailing on one side; c) sugar bowl, two simple loop with dropped line handles; d) sugar bowl lid, simple round knob handle; e) creamer - curved spout, single simple loop with dropped line handle.

Lexicon

Search Terms

Food Service T&E, Tea services

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Tea Services