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Teakettle, lamp, and table

1724–25
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 512
Silver furniture—however improbable it may sound—was one of the glories of the French court, and a fashion emulated by ambitious English patrons. Most English examples were achieved by covering a wooden core with sheets of embossed silver, but the baroque stand for this faceted kettle is made of cast-silver components. It was made for George Bowes the year he married the fourteen-year-old Eleanor Verney, daughter and heir of an immensely wealthy father.

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Object Information
  • Title: Teakettle, lamp, and table
  • Maker: Simon Pantin I (British, ca. 1672–1728)
  • Date: 1724–25
  • Culture: British, London
  • Medium: Silver, wood
  • Dimensions: Overall (stand, confirmed): 25 1/4 x 14 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. 5.75 kg 184 oz 17 dwg (64.1 x 37.8 x 37.8 cm);
    Overall (kettle, confirmed): 15 1/4 x 10 x 7 1/2 in., 2.25 kg 72 oz. 7 dwg . (38.7 x 25.4 x 19.1 cm);
    Total weight (confirmed) 10.75 kg - 345 oz 12 dwg
  • Classification: Metalwork-Silver
  • Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1968
  • Object Number: 68.141.81a–f
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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