Object Number 1963.0660 A, B

Object Name

Bowl and cover (Sugar bowl)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

George. Richardson Sr. (Maker)
1782-07/15/1848
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.

Place of Origin

Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America

Date

1830-1840

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Above maker's mark, underside of base; "GLENNORE C.\o." stamped in an arched serrated rectangle.
2. Mark; Underside of base, near center; "G.RICHARDSON" stamped in a serrated rectangle.
3. Inscription; Below maker's mark, underside of base; "N.\o" stamped in a serrated rectangle at left and "2" stamped incuse at right.
4. Inscription; Below the number, underside of base; "CRANSTON, R.I." stamped in a curved serrated rectangle.

Materials

Pewter; Britannia metal

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

5.315 (H) , 6.89 (W) , 5.906 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.5 (H) , 17.5 (W) , 15 (Diam)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
• Published: p. 184, fig. 11-19.
[Book] Kerfoot, John Barrett. 1942 American Pewter.
• Published: frontispiece.