Teapot
Hiram Yale, American, 1799 - 1831, active 1822 - 1831, Wallingford, Connecticut
1822-1831
Britannia metal (pewter variant), ebonized insulator and handle
Base: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)
Overall: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift from the collection of Ethel and Robert E. Asher, Class of 1931
M.991.7.3
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Classification
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscription
Marked, on inside bottom: H YALE. / WALLINGFORD [in circle (Laughlin #444)]
Exhibition History
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.
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.
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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