About This Artwork

William N. Frederick
American, born 1921

Teapot, 1960

Sterling silver and ebony
19.7 X 23.5 cm (7 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Three seperate maker's marks of incised capitals on bottom near handle "HANDWROUGHT STERLING FREDeRICK"
Gift of The Antiquarian Society through the Mrs. Myron F. Ratcliffe Fund in memory of Myron F. Ratcliffe, 1991.108a-b

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Jennifer M. Downs, “ ‘The New Modern Feeling’: A Catalogue of the Collection,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 27, 2 (2001), pp. 101-103, cat. 31.