Object Number 1953.0037.006

Object Name

Inkwell

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles F. Montgomery

Creator (Role)

George. Richardson Sr. (Inspiration for fake)
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

United States, North America

Date

1815-1950

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; "ICHARDSON" stamped in a serrated rectangle. The mark is partially effaced at left.
2. Mark; Underside; "C" stamped incuse.

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

2.126 (H) , 4.1732 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

5.4 (H) , 10.6 (Diam)

Object Description

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