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Source Description
This teapot may have belonged to Dr. Enoch F. Edwards, George Washington’s personal physician.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
124976
label
Teapot
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
124976
contentType
object
title
Teapot
description
This teapot may have belonged to Dr. Enoch F. Edwards, George Washington’s personal physician.
date
c. 1790
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60778952
creators
8645
genreSpecific
Silver
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
with handle: 16.2 x 25.8 cm (6 3/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
cul
America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
accession
1946.424
Source extras
tec
silver
tombstone
Teapot, c. 1790. John David (American, 1736–1793). Silver; with handle: 16.2 x 25.8 cm (6 3/8 x 10 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1946.424
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
engraved: "EFE" in script .
citations
citation
Foote, Helen. "Silver Teapot by John David." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>34, no. 3 (March 1947): 49.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 46; Mentioned: p. 49
citation
Johnston, Phillip M. <em>Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994.
page_number
mentioned& reproduced P 41
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:27:16.427000
sourceId
124976
dept
Decorative Art and Design
coll
Decorative Arts
med
silver
creatorTags
male
thumbnail_url
image_url
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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5ed70426ebfff435