Tea Urn

Provenance

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; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1991.

Tea Urn

Gerardus Boyce

1820–57

Accession Number

120156

Medium

Silver and ivory

Dimensions

35.5 × 29.2 cm (14 × 11 1/2 in.)

Classification

teaware

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Antiquarian Society through Mrs. Frank D. Mayer