About this artwork
The rise in apartment living in the 1920s created a need for smaller decorative objects such as this tea service, which could be easily cleaned and stored. Jean G. Theobald was hired by the Wilcox Silver Plate Company (a subsidiary of the International Silver Company) to produce a series of tea sets. Theobald’s imaginative, compact design is based on geometric shapes and combines the traditional elements of a tea service with the clean, simple lines and smooth surfaces of the Art Deco style.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of the Americas
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Artist
- Gene Theobald
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Title
- Three-Piece Tea Set with Tray
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Place
- Meriden (Object made in)
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Date
- 1928
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Medium
- Silver-plated nickel, silver, and Bakelite
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Inscriptions
- Marked on bottom: Wilcox S.P. Company [in an arch] / EPNS / INTERNATIONAL S. CO. / 7036
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Dimensions
- 8.9 × 21.6 × 20.3 cm (3 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Bannerman Foundation Fund; through prior acquisition of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
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Reference Number
- 1999.680.1-4
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