Provenance
Given to Julia Murray LeMoyne (born 1864) by her father, John Valcoulon LeMoyne (1828-1918), on the occasion of her marriage to William Brown McIlvaine (died 1943), Oct. 15, 1891; by descent to William Brown McIlvaine (1900-1977) and his wife; to her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William B. McIlvaine, Jr., Chicago, by 1983; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1983.
Accession Number
100058
Medium
Silver with ivory
Dimensions
Coffee pot: 32.7 × 13.7 cm (12 7/8 × 5 7/16 in.); Teapot: 21 × 12.9 cm (8 5/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Sugar: 17.8 × 12.4 cm (7 1/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Milk pot: 20 × 9.2 cm (7 7/8 × 3 5/8 in.); Waste bowl: 14.6 × 6 cm (5 3/4 × 2 3/8 in.)
Classification
tea service
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. William B. McIlvaine and Mr. and Mrs. William B. McIlvaine Jr. in memory of his grandfather and grandmother
