Courtney Starrett
Modern Dowry Teapot

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Modern Dowry Teapot
Date2017
MediumNylon, copper plate, and silver plate
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 × 9 1/8 × 8 3/8 in. (24.1 × 23.2 × 21.3 cm)
Vessel (.A): 9 1/2 × 8 3/8 × 9 1/8 in. (24.1 × 21.3 × 23.2 cm)
Lid (.B): 5/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 7/8 in. (1.6 × 7.3 × 7.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2024.617.A,.B
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; given to MFAH, 2024.
Exhibition HistoryNew York Silver: Then and Now, Museum of the City of New York, June 28, 2017 - July 1, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed on base: Starrett
Catalogue raisonnén/a

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