The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 6, 2023

Teapot

1960s

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Cartier

(French, Paris, est. 1847)

France

Silver, ebonized wood

Overall: 14.3 x 28.3 x 16.1 cm (5 5/8 x 11 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.)

Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.202.2

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

The British tradition of afternoon tea began in 1840 when Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford, requested tea and snacks to satiate the pangs of hunger felt between the notoriously light luncheon and late-evening dinner.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Marked, underside: Cartier / STERLING / 6113

Provenance
September 1997
(Charles S. Rivchun & Sons, Inc., Cleveland, OH, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley)
1997–2020
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
2020–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history

Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.202.2