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Covered Tea Urn

Manufacturer James Young (English, active 1749-ca. 1789)

CultureEnglish

Date1773-1774

MediumSilver

DimensionsOverall: 20 x 11 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. (50.8 x 29.8 x 20.6 cm)

InscribedThe cover and base of the urn are fully marked.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number78.101

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, MMH, Dining Room

DescriptionUrn in the neoclassical style. Vase-shaped and raised on round pedestal set on a square plinth raised on 4 ball-shaped feet. The base of the urn decorated with acanthus leaves - one pierced by the square pouring spout with ivory handle (handle has small piece missing). The top of the urn is decorated with heavy applied swags looped through the squarish handles and masks of satyrs both front and back. A coat of arms is engraved on the urn above the spout. The tall bell-shaped cover is surmounted by an acorn finial.

Exhibition History"Treasures for the Table; Silver from the Chrysler Museum", 6/15-8/6/89 "Classical Traditions at the Moses Myers House," Moses Myers House, Norfolk, VA, April 17 - December 1, 2013.Published ReferencesEssays by David Revere McFadden, entries by Mark A. Clark. TREASURES FOR THE TABLE: SILVER FROM THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM. Hudson Hills Press, New York, In Assocation with The American Federation of Arts and The Chrysler Museum. 1989: pp. 108, 111; no. 76.