Tea Service
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Coffeepot: 21 × 15.9 × 12.1 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.); Teapot: 22 × 23.9 × 14.6 cm (8 5/8 × 9 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.); Sugar bowl: 18.4 × 16.2 × 16.2 cm (7 1/4 × 6 3/8 × 6 3/8 in.); Creamer: 17.2 × 14.9 × 11.4 cm (6 3/4 × 5 7/8 × 4 1/2 in.); Waste bowl: 11.4 × 16.2 × 16.2 cm (4 1/2 × 6 3/8 × 6 3/8 in.)
Classification
tea service
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
233466
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This beverage service is the earliest documented set by Gorham and Thurber (later Gorham Manufacturing Company), one of the leading United States silver manufacturers active in the 19th and 20th centuries. An example of the ornate Rococo Revival style, the vessels are bulbous and boldly embossed with florid imagery related to their use. If you look closely at the pieces, you can see details such as tea leaves and scenes inspired by China on the teapot the largest of the set), cows in a pasture o...