Salver for a teakettle

Augustin Courtauld

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The arms engraved on the side of the kettle are those of David Franks and his wife, Margaret Evans. Franks was born in New York, and the couple lived in Philadelphia. They moved to England after the Revolution. The present stand is similar to the original, which is in a private collection.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art