Teapot from Tea Service in the Shape of Quails (Primary Title)

Oomersee Mawjee Jr. (Artist)

ca. 1920–30
Indian
Containers-Vessels
Metalwork
silver, gilded silver, ivory
India,Gujarat (formerly Baroda)
Overall: 6 1/2 × 7 5/8 × 4 in. (16.51 × 19.37 × 10.16 cm)
2011.248.1
Part of a set "Tea Service in the Shape of Quails" (2011.248.1-3)
On teapot: O.M. and BARODA within two stamped rectangles On milk and sugar: OOMARSEE and BARODA similarly stamped
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
Delight in Design: Indian Silver for the RajMiriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, September 17-December 13, 2008
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, July 25-October 4, 2009
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