Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- In the form of Atlas supporting the world. Triangular base with openwork decoration, on three ball feet, supports kneeling figure of Atlas holding a spherical urn on his shoulders. Surface of urn with relief decoration featuring four wreathed circular medallions, each suspended from a bow and showing one of four allegorical figures of the continents (Europe, Asia, America, and Africa) with attributes. Two pendant tassels (one concealing a spout) below embossed acanthus leaves supporting two ring handles. Slightly domed cover with moveable laurel-shaped knop in center.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Maker
- Thomas Heming, English, 1723 – 1801
- Date
- 1777–1778
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
- Medium
- silver, base metal (liner), wood (base)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 45.2 × 18.5 × 17.5 cm (17 13/16 × 7 5/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
- Type
- metalwork
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- tea urn
- Type
- tea urn
