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Teapot

Dateca. 1800

Maker Jeremiah Andrews d. 1817

OriginAmerica, Virginia, Norfolk

MediumSilver with wooden handle

DimensionsOH: 8 3/8'; L (base): 4 13/16"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase, The Friends of Colonial Williamsburg Collections Fund

Object number2004-122,1

DescriptionOval silver teapot on a stepped, splayed oval foot with a concave top stepped up to a hinged, domed cover with an urn finial, an S-shaped spout, a C-shaped wooden handle, and light bright-cut and wriggle work engraving along the hinge and rim of the body.Label TextDescribing himself as a jeweler from London, Jeremiah Andrews moved several times during his long career. He worked in New York City from 1774 to1776, Philadelphia from 1776 to 1784, and spent a short period in Savannah, Georgia, before settling in Norfolk, Virginia, by 1791. There he pursued his trade until his death in 1817. Andrews’s products show influences from many of the places he worked. For example, the waste bowl in this tea service bears a pierced top gallery typical of those seen on Philadelphia silver forms.

The service is engraved “JES” for Captain John Stone and his wife, Elizabeth Keeling, residents of Princess Anne County, Virginia. It may have been made in association with their 1799 wedding.
Inscription(s)"JES" in feathered script for John Stone (d. 1821) and Elizabeth Keeling (1777-1843), married in 1799 in Norfolk, Virginia.Mark(s)"I·ANDREWS" and "NORFOLK" in relief within rectangles under the foot.ProvenanceThis and its companion pieces descended in the Gatewood and related families of Norfolk and Hampton, Virginia.

Line of Descent through the Stone-Duncan-Gatewood Families:

The silver was probably bought after the marriage of Captain John Stone (d. 1821) and Elizabeth Keeling (1777-1843) in 1799, they lived in Norfolk, VA.

The silver went to daughter Virginia Stone (1813-1893), who married James Fox Duncan (1810-1835) in 1835.

Then the silver was left to daughter Harriet Elizabeth Duncan (1834-1913), who married Rev. Robert Gatewood (1829-1909) in 1854. They lived in Norfolk, VA.

Then it went to son William Gatewood (1869-1946) who married Mary Edwin Hartzel (1868-1951) in 1894. They lived in Newport News, VA.

The silver was left to daughter Harriet Virginia Gatewood (1900-1980) who married William James Sibley (1897-1955) in 1928. They lived in Hampton, VA.

Finally, the silver went to daughter Mary Anderton Sibley (b. 1937) who married Richard Arthur Manning (b. 1934) on 1994. They lived in Charleston, SC.