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The Douw Family Teapot
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Pear-shaped body with a domed cover. The spout has a bird's head terminal. The finial and handle are made of wood.
Department of American Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Captain Petrus Douw (1692-1775) and Anna Van Rensselaer (1696-1758) Wolvenhoeck New York by descent; to Catherine Douw Ganesvoort (1782-1848) their great granddaughter [1] gift; to Catherine Louisa Douw (1817-1891) her daughter 1847 [2] by descent?; to Catherine Douw Townsend (b. 1842) her daughter by descent?; to Townsend Morgan (b.1873) her son by descent?; to Mrs. Townsend Morgan his wife sold; to John Daley New York c. 1958. Herbert F. Darling (1904-1968) Buffalo; to The Darling Foundation of New York State Early American Silversmiths and Silver sold [through Christie's New York January 18 2007 lot 22]. Daniel and Susan Pollack gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2020
[1] She married Johannes De Peyster Douw in 1811 C.D.D. is for her.
[2] She married John Townsend in 1836 C.D.T. is for her.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum The Pollack Collection gift of Daniel A. Pollack AB ’60 and Susan F. Pollack AB ’64
Title: The Douw Family Teapot
Description:
Pear-shaped body with a domed cover.
The spout has a bird's head terminal.
The finial and handle are made of wood.
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