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Antique Victorian Quality Copper and Brass Tea Urn
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Antique Victorian Quality Copper and Brass Tea Urn

19th century
Description

Antique victorian quality copper and brass tea urn having a lift off lid with a brass finale to the top, shaped body with the original brass tap standing on a circular base

Physical Dimensions
Height
36cm (14.17")
Width
26cm (10.24")
Depth
34cm (13.39")
Declaration

Unique Antiques by Emma Jade has dated this Victorian Copper Tea Urn to the 1850s.

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SA928994
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Description
Antique victorian quality copper and brass tea urn having a lift off lid with a brass finale to the top, shaped body with the original brass tap standing on a circular base
Height
36cm (14.17")
Width
26cm (10.24")
Depth
34cm (13.39")
Date of Manufacture

Unique Antiques by Emma Jade has dated this Victorian Copper Tea Urn to the 1850s.

Reference Numbers
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SA928994
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A Victorian copper tea urn featuring a brass spigot with a black turned handle, twin side handles, a domed lid, and a flared pedestal base.
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A Victorian copper tea urn featuring a brass spigot with a black turned handle, twin side handles, a domed lid, and a flared pedestal base.
Antique victorian quality copper and brass tea urn
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A Victorian copper tea urn featuring a brass spigot with a black turned handle, twin side handles, a domed lid, and a flared pedestal base.
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  • ObjectTea Urns
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialCopper, Brass, Wood
  • ColourWarm Copper
  • MotifsBrass spigot, Domed lid, Pedestal base, Twin handles
  • SizeH 36 cm (14 in) x W 26 cm (10 in) x D 34 cm (13 in)

This Victorian tea urn from 1850 is a traditional English Country House piece. Formed from warm copper with brass and wood components, the object displays a lifted domed lid topped with a brass finial, a shaped body fitted with an original brass tap containing a black turned handle, twin side handles, and a flared pedestal base. Practical dimensions are 36 cm high, 26 cm wide, and 34 cm deep. Placed on a sideboard top in a modern home, this tea urn serves as a decorative display object or an authentic period accessory for an interior setting. The combination of polished metal surfaces and utilitarian design brings historical character to a dining room or living space.

During the nineteenth century, tea urns were used as central hot water dispensers for large gatherings and formal social occasions, maintaining boiling water to dilute concentrated tea or refill teapots.

Antique tea urns were predominantly constructed from copper, brass, Sheffield plate, or sterling silver, often featuring wooden or bone handles on the spigots to insulate against heat.

Authentic nineteenth-century examples often feature hand-riveted joints, cast brass taps, rolled rims, and central heating wells designed to hold hot iron heating rods or charcoal spirit burners.

Metal tea urns make prominent decorative accents on dining sideboards, kitchen islands, or dresser shelves, adding architectural height and warm metallic tones to classic or rustic interiors.

Clean surfaces gently with a soft cloth and specialist metal polish suited to copper and brass, avoiding harsh abrasives that can remove natural patina or damage soft solder seams.
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