Object Number 1953.0015

Object Name

Mug

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Lucius Hart (Maker)
06/14/1803-1871
Lucius Hart trained with Thomas Danforth Boardman beginning in 1819. Lucius, whose step-mother was also a Boardman, took over the business Timothy Boardman & Co. when Timothy Boardman died in 1825. At that time, the company name changed to Boardman & Company. In 1827, Lucius became an active partner, and the company name changed to Boardman & Hart on January 1, 1828, by which it was known its dissolution in 1847. Lucius continued on his own until 1853 or even later, possibly still capitalizing on the Boardman name. For more on Lucius Hart and Boardman & Hart's marks, see Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.2, p.98; Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.217; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Pewter and Silver Marks (1949), p.242; and Kauffman, The American Pewterer (1970), p.135. See also Laughlin, Pewter in America, vol.1, p.128-130 and vol.3, p.183-184; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.133; and J.B. Kerfoot, American Pewter (1942), p.138-140.

Boardman & Hart (Maker)
1828-1847
Boardman & Hart was the third incarnation of the Boardman's company in New York, New York. The business began with Timothy Boardman in 1822, and was called Timothy Boardman & Co. When he died two years later, the company name changed to Boardman & Company, and Lucius Hart of Rocky Hill took over the management. In 1827, Lucius became an active partner, and the company name changed to Boardman & Hart, by which it was known its dissolution in 1847. Lucius continued on his own until 1853 or later. For more on Boardman & Hart's marks, see Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.2, p.98; Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.217; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Pewter and Silver Marks (1949), p.242; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.125; and Kauffman, The American Pewterer (1970), p.135. See also Laughlin, Pewter in America, vol.1, p.128-130 and vol.3, p.183-184 and J.B. Kerfoot, American Pewter (1942), p.138-140.

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Although stamped New York, the Boardman & Hart products may have been made in the Boardman shop in Hartford, Connecticut [Per previous cataloguer (2007).]

Date

1827-1847

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside bottom, center; Stamped in serifed letters "BOARDMAN/ & HART" in two joining rectangles, the upper one wider than the lower one.
2. Mark; Underside bottom, center; Stamped in a rectangle "N-YORK" in serifed letters.

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

3.2 (H) , 4.5 (W) , 3.125 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

8.128 (H) , 11.43 (W) , 7.938 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Height is at the top of the handle. The diameter is of the foot. The diameter of the the rim is 2.75 inches.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
• Published: fig. 6-7, pp. 108-109