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American Decorative Arts
Maker: Dixon and Son, British
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:
Not on view
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.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
