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Tea Light

1833-1835
Tucker and Hemphill, Philadelphia (1826–1838)
The bowl of the teapot shows the Fairmount Waterworks of Philadelphia. The scene is copied from a painting by American artist Thomas Doughty (1793-1856) and an engraving by the factory's owner, William Ellis Tucker (1800-1832).

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