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Urn, tea

Description

Silver tea-urn with a plain ovoid body with a band of engraved decoration: British, Edinburgh, by John Rollo, 1735 - 1736

Museum reference

K.2009.3

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Urn, tea

Production information

Rollo, John, 1731 - 1737 (fl.), Silversmith
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1735 - 1736

Materials

Silver, Ivory

Physical description

Silver; ivory, white

Associations

Archibald Ure, assay master

Credit

Accepted by H.M. Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to National Museums Scotland

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