Provenance
Maria Sophronia Root Birch (1848-1913; born Maria Sophronia Root, also Mrs. Hugh Taylor Birch), Chicago, on the occasion of her marriage to Hugh Taylor Birch (1848-1943), New York, June 1, 1876 [incoming receipt, RX10433, Dec. 5, 1975; copy in curatorial object file]; by descent to her daughter, Helen Bartlett (1883-1925; born Helen Louise Birch, also Mrs. Frederic Clay Bartlett), Chicago, New York, and Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1943; by descent to her husband, Frederic Clay Bartlett (1873-1953), Chicago, 1925; by descent to his third wife, Evelyn Fortune Bartlett (1887-1997; born Evelyn Fortune, formerly Mrs. Eli Lilly), Beverly, MA, 1953; given to the Art Institute, 1975.
Accession Number
253045
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Water kettle: 26 × 15.6 × 10.5 cm (10 1/4 × 6 3/16 × 4 3/16 in.); Teapot: 15.6 × 13 × 8.9 cm (6 3/16 × 5 1/8 × 3 9/16 in.); Coffee pot: 18.1 × 13 × 8.6 cm (7 3/16 × 5 1/8 × 3 7/16 in.); Milk pot: 10.2 × 10.5 × 6.8 cm (4 1/16 × 4 3/16 × 2 11/16 in.); Sugar bowl: 12.7 × 11.4 × 7.6 cm (5 × 4 1/2 × 3 in.); Waste bowl: 12.7 × 11.4 × 7.6 cm (5 × 4 1/2 × 3 in.); Kettle stand and lamp: H.: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Classification
coffee service
Credit Line
Gift of Evelyn Fortune Bartlett
