Teapot

Arts of the Americas

1948

John Prip
American, 1922–2009
Alfred, New York

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Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: John Prip (Maker)
Title: Teapot
Place: Alfred (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1948
Medium: Silver, ivory, and rattan
Inscriptions: Marked on bottom: STERLING (followed by three hearts) / JAP
Dimensions: 11.4 × 14 cm (4 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn and Thomas L. Karsten in honor of her parents, Gertrude and Perry S. Herst
Reference Number: 1988.203

Tom McCreight, “John Prip: Master Metalsmith” (Rhode Island School of Design, 1987) p. 15 (ill.).
Milo Naeve, “Twentieth–Century Craft: A Compass for Research” in ‘A Neglected History: 20th–Century American Craft’ (American Craft Museum, 1990), 45–59.
Judith A. Barter, Elizabeth McGoey, et al., American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016), cat. 95 (ill.)
Elizabeth McGoey, ed., American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2018), https://publications.artic.edu/americansilver/reader/collection/section/6, cat. 95 (ill.).

Providence, Rhode Island School of Design, John Prip: Master Metalsmith, Oct. 9, 1987–Dec. 20, 1987.
New York, American Craft Museum, January 29–April 28, 1988, cat. 1 (ill.).

John Prip 1948-1988; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1988.

Cat. 95 Teapot, 1948

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