Description
PRESENTED IS AN AMERICAN STERLING SILVER TEAPOT ON LAMPSTAND IN THE JAPANESE TASTE CREATED BY "WHITING MANUFACTURING COMPANY", WMC, CIRCA 1881;
THIS SET EMITS AN ALMOST PAINTERLY QUALITY SEEN ONLY IN THE BEST OF WMC's JAPANESE-INSPIRED PRODUCTS. TO ACHIEVE THIS EFFECT, WHITING DESIGNERS INTEGRATED JAPANESE ELEMENTS WITH TOKENS OF URBAN AMERICA's 1880s NOSTALGIC AFFAIR WITH NATURE; RATHER THAN, MERELY IMITATING JAPANESE FORMS AND ELEMENTS;
THE SET BOASTS A SPOT-HAMMERED AND ACID-CHASED SURFACE ARTISTICALLY EBOSSED WITH SCROLLS IN THE JAPANESE PATTERN. FURTHER, EMBOSSED ON BOTH SIDES WITH LARGE WILD ROSES ON A MATTED GROUND TO APPEAL TO URBAN AMERICA's INFATUATION WITH NATURE;
IN THE LIGHT OF THE HEXAGONAL HAMMERING, SPRIRAL FLUTING OF THE JAPANESE MOTIF, AND THE LARGE WILD ROSES, WE ATTRIBUTE THIS ITEM TO CHARLES OSBORNE;
THE COVER IS NOT HINGED, AND THERE IS NO MONOGRAM OR ANY INDICATION OF THERE EVER BEING ONE;
MARKED ON THE BASES OF THE POT AND LAMPSTAND, THE BURNER IS NOT MARKED, HOWEVER, THE HAMMERING LEAVES NO DOUBT THAT IT IS THE ORIGINAL PIECE
HEIGHT: 12 1/2", 31.7 cm;
WEIGHT: 46 oz 5 dwt
(1443 g)
