Urn, tea

Description

Silver tea-urn with an ovoid body with hinged lid, pair of snake handles and three cabriole type legs fitted with plain wooden feet, by John Main, Edinburgh, 1732 - 1733

Museum reference

A.1956.1368

Object name

Urn, tea

Production information

Main, John, 1729 - 1750 (fl.), Silversmith
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1732 - 1733

Materials

Silver, Wood, Ebony

Physical description

Silver, wooden feet, ebony thumb-piece

On display

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