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Hiram Yale, American, 1799 - 1831, active 1822 - 1831
Wallingford, Connecticut

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1822-1831

Britannia metal (pewter variant), ebonized insulator and handle

Overall: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)

Base: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift from the collection of Ethel and Robert E. Asher, Class of 1931

M.991.7.3

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Food Service

Research Area

Decorative Arts

Not on view

Inscriptions

Marked, on inside bottom: H YALE. / WALLINGFORD [in circle (Laughlin #444)]

Exhibition History

American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 9-December 9, 2007.

American Pewter [A small case exhibition primarily of loans and promised gifts], Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 1985-February, 1986.

Publication History

Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 202, no. 176.

Provenance

Garland Pass, Avon, Connecticut; Robert E. Asher (1910-2008) and Ethel Watson Asher (1905-1987), Washington, D.C., 1983; given to present collection, 1987.

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