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AND THE SILVER GOES TO THE ART MUSEUM
2002
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Dawson was the daughter of Robert Dawson, a wealthy merchant who owned the building Bentzon worked in, according to [David Conradsen], who researched the family. The Dawsons were a Quaker family active in the abolitionist movement. [Rebecca Dawson] may have chosen Bentzon because of his heritage, but it is not known whether Philadelphians were aware of his racial background. Conradsen had called a California dealer several years ago, looking for a Bentzon piece. The dealer basically told him he was dreaming - they were much too rare. But last March, this teapot turned up at small auction in North Carolina and that dealer purchased it. He remembered Conradsen's call and contacted him. PHOTO; Color PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE ST. LOUIS ART MUSEUM (1) This silver teapot by [Peter Bentzon] is on display in a new American decorative arts gallery at the St. Louis Art Museum. Rebecca Dawson of Philadelphia probably commissioned the teapot as a gift to \"MC,\" who is believed to have been her cousin. (2) Rare teapot made around 1817 by Peter Bentzon, a silversmith of African descent, is acquired for new American decorative arts gallery here.
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Pulitzer, Inc
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