Tea Urn

Arts of the Americas

1820/57

Gerardus Boyce
American, 1795/96–1880

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Gerardus Boyce
Title: Tea Urn
Origin: United States
Date: c. 1820–1857
Medium: Silver and ivory
Inscriptions: "ICH HOFFE IMMER" in Roman capitals over spout
Dimensions: 35.5 × 29.2 cm (14 × 11 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society through Mrs. Frank D. Mayer
Reference Number: 1991.102a-b
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Antiquarian Newsletter, The Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago, v. 2 (September, 1991), 2 (ill.).

Morris Selz (1826-1913) and his second wife, Hannah Kohn (m. 1874) (d. 1911), Chicago; to their son, Abraham K. Selz (1863-1955) and his wife, Marion Rosenberg Selz (1889-1964), Chicago; to their daughter, Katherine (“Kay”) Selz (Mrs. Frank D.) Mayer (1910-2008) (m. 1932), Chicago, by 1991; gift to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1991.

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