Tea Service

Gerardus Boyce

About 1832

  • Titles Tea Service (Proper)
  • Artist Gerardus Boyce, American, New York, 1795 - 1880
  • Medium coin silver
  • Dimensions Teapot 11 3/4 × 11 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (29.8 × 29.2 × 17.1 cm) Creamer 8 1/4 × 7 7/8 × 5 in. (21 × 20 × 12.7 cm) Covered Sugar 10 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 5 3/4 in. (26.7 × 24.1 × 14.6 cm) Waste Bowl 5 7/8 × 7 1/2 in. Diam. (14.9 × 19.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Frank and Louise McPhillips in honor of her mother, Barbara Chapin Hopkins Jones, 2001.191.1-.4
  • Work Type tea service
  • Classification Containers

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