Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
1961.068.003ab |
Object Name |
Teapot |
Title |
1850s Toy Ironstone China Tea Pot |
Lexicon category |
9: Recreational Artifacts |
Date |
1850s |
Year Range from |
1850 |
Year Range to |
1860 |
Artist |
J. & G. Meakin Co. |
Made |
J. & G. Meakin Co. |
Place of Origin |
England, United Kingdom |
Description |
Cream coloured glazed ironstone china toy teapot (a) and lid (b). The teapot is footed and has a fluted body. The handle has a decorative protrusion on top of its apex, and the lid has a round ball finial on top. The lid has a drilled vent hole, just as a full-sized tea pot would have. |
Provenance |
Likely originally belonged to Helen Kennedy (née Inglis) as a child. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Inglis, who had Inglis Falls at Derby Township, Grey County. She married Thomas Kennedy of Owen Sound. Thomas Kennedy passed away in 1878. Helen Kennedy d. 1924, age 77. This suggests that Helen was born circa 1847. Subsequently owned by their daughter, Amy Kennedy. |
Collection |
Food Service Tools & Equipment |
Material |
Ceramic/China/Glaze |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Kennedy, Amy Kennedy, Helen Kennedy, Thomas Inglis, Peter |
Subjects |
Toys |
Search Terms |
Inglis Falls Inglis Mill |