Teapot

Museum Object Number 1969.0212

Object Name

Teapot

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

George. Richardson Sr. (Maker)

Creator Notes

George Richardson began working in a shop on Hawley Street with Samuel Green (whose partner, Richard Austin) had just died in 1818. A few months later they had moved to 5 and 9 Marlboro Place, but the partnership broke up soon thereafter. George advertised his manufacture of block tin at 27 Newbury Street, and by 1825 he was in Oliver Street, where he remained until 1828 (Laughlin, vol.1, pp.84-85). Much of his pewter is marked "Glennore Co.", which was either a trade name or the firm that sold his pewter (Laughlin, vol.2, p.111). George made teapots, sugar bowls, mugs, shaving mugs, inkwells and other forms. For more on George Richardson's marks, see Laughlin, vol.2, p.111; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.276; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.140; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.150-151; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.226. See also J.B. Kerfoot, American Pewter (1942), p.173 and Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.1, p.84-85 and vol.2, p.111.

Date of Birth

1782

Date of Death

07/15/1848

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1821-1828

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; "G.RICHARDSON" stamped in a serrated rectangle.

Materials

Pewter; Britannia metal; Wood

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

7.283 (H) , 10.236 (W) , 3.819 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

18.5 (H) , 26 (W) , 9.7 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Diameter is of base.

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Goyne, Nancy A. 1965 Britannia in America: The Introduction of a New Alloy and a New Industry. Winterthur Portfolio. (II): 160-196.
• Similar teapot in fig. 48.