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Teapot from the Kirkhill Teaservice

SilversmithMade by George Cooper (Aberdeen, Scotland, active c.1728 - 1758)

Datec. 1730

Object NameTeapot

Mediumsilver

ClassificationsApplied Art

DimensionsWeight: 612.34gm
Overall: height 15.5cm
Handle to Spout: width 24.1cm
Overall: depth 12.6cm
Base: diameter 7.6cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1986 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions, the Friends of Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums and the Incorporation of Goldsmiths of the City of Edinburgh.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationOn Display - Gallery 06

Object numberABDAG008501

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About MeThis teapot comes from the Kirkhill Teaservice, a rare example of a complete Scottish teaservice and one of the most important groups of Scottish provincial silver. The teaservice passed from the possession of the Burnett family of Kirkhill in Aberdeenshire when the eldest daughter, and heir, Margaret, married Alexander Bannerman in 1737. All the pieces, including this teapot, are engraved with a crest, the motto "Byd Bee" and letter "B" possibly for the Burnetts of Kirkhill.

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Part of a rare, local tea service from the early Georgian period when tea consumption was less common than today and therefore largely restricted to the gentry!

Exhibitions

Gallery 06 - Feasting