Tea and Coffee Service

Provenance

Probably Ebenezer Buckingham (died 1912); to his daughter, Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, by 1912; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1937.

Tea and Coffee Service

Francis W. Cooper

1840–51

Accession Number

87892

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

Coffee Pot: 32.4 × 12.7 cm (12 3/4 × 5 in.); Teapot: 31.8 × 12.1 cm (12 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.); Milk Pot: 24.1 × 8.9 cm (9 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.); Sugar Basin: 27.9 × 11.4 cm (11 × 4 1/2 in.); Water Pitcher: 33 × 13.7 cm (13 × 5 3/8 in.); Water Kettle: 37.5 × 18.4 cm (14 3/4 × 7 1/4 in.)

Classification

tea service

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Bequest of Kate S. Buckingham