Tea caddy Maker: Philip Garrett (American, 1780–1851)

1817

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

9 1/4 × 5 3/16 × 7 13/16 in. (23.5 × 13.2 × 19.8 cm)
other (Body): 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.1389

Geography

Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Francis P. Garvan, New York, N.Y.
Bibliography
  • Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 109, ill
  • Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 2, p. 221, no. 893
  • From Colony to Nation; an Exhibition of American Painting, Silver and Architecture from 1650 to the War of 1812, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1949), 93–94, 121, no. 170, ill
  • John Marshall Phillips, "Masterpieces in American Silver in Public Collections: Part IV, Rococo and Federal Periods," Antiques 56 (July 1949), 45, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

tea caddies

Marks

"P.GARRETT" in rectangle twice on bottom

Inscriptions

"AG" monogram, in foliate cartouche, engraved at one end; "A bridal Gift/ from Elizth Powel/ to Abigl Griffitts/ March 1817", in similar cartouche, at other end

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