Object Number 1953.0155.027

Object Name

Bowl and cover (Sugar bowl)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles K. Davis

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

1828-1845

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Top side, lid; "G. RICHARDSON" stamped in serifed letters in a serrated rectangle. The left lower corner of the "G.R" is partly effaced.
2. Mark; Top side, lid; An eagle stamped in an oval. The lower left corner is slightly effaced.
3. Mark; Top side, lid; "WARRANTED" stamped in serifed letters in a serrated rectangle. The lower edge of "WAR" is slightly effaced.
4. Mark; Underside, center; "G. RICHARDSON" stamped in serifed letters in a serrated rectangle. The right lower corner of the "SON" is partly effaced.
5. Mark; Underside, center; "N\o." stamped in italicized, serifed letters in a serrated rectangle. The right side is mostly effaced.
6. Mark; Underside, center; "C" in serifed letter stamped incuse. The top of the "C" is slightly effaced.
7. Mark; Underside, center; "WARRANTED" stamped in serifed letters in a serrated rectangle. The right end of "ED" is somewhat effaced.

Materials

Britannia metal

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

4.625 (H) , 5.625 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

11.748 (H) , 14.287 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

The diameter is of the lid. The diameter of the foot is 4.375 inches.

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.
• Published: fig. 8, p. 169