Tea Service
Roswell Gleason
(American, 1799–1887)
Roswell Gleason and Sons
(American, active 1851–1871)
1851-71
Object PlaceDorchester, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueSilver plate
DimensionsHeight x width: 24.1 x 26 x 14 cm (9 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LinePartial gift of Richard, Bryon and Roberta Roshong and partial purchase with funds donated by Ulf B. and Elizabeth C. Heide
Accession number2014.461.1-5
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
Provenance1960s, gift of Eugene and Edith Staples, Garden City, New York, to Eleanor Henning, Garden City, New York; 1986, gift of Henning to daughter Eleanor (Deedy) Henning Clark; November 2012, gift of Walton and Eleanor Henning Clark of Cresskill, New Jersey, to the Church of the Atonement, Tenafly, New Jersey; November 2012, sold at the Church of the Atonement Annual Fair silent auction to Richard Roshong, Manchester, New Hampshire; 2014, partial gift and partial sale of Roshong to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 26, 2014)
