Teapot

1828–29

Pewter (Britannia), wood

9 5/8 × 10 7/8 in. (24.5 × 27.7 cm)
other (body): 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)

Gift of Albert D. Putnam, B.A. 1925, and Marcella Putnam

1977.188.7

Geography:

Made in Sheffield, England

Status:

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Culture:

British

Period:

19th century

Classification:

Containers - Metals

Provenance:

William Hutchinson Putnam, Hartford, Conn., to 1977; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography:

David L. Barquist, American and English Pewter at the Yale University Art Gallery: A Supplementary Checklist (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1985), 58–59, 77, no. 250, ill.

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