Cloak Pin Maker: Unknown

ca. 1790–1810

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Brass and enamel

Dimensions

5 1/2 × 2 5/16 in. (14 × 5.9 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1994.51.3.2

Geography

Probably made in Sheffield, England

Culture

British

Period

19th century

Classification

Tools and Equipment

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Provenance
Purchased in Newburyport, Mass., by Albert R. Crittenden (1843–1921), Middletown, Conn., for Irving W. Lyon (1840–1896), Hartford, Conn., 1880; bequeathed to Irving P. Lyon (1870–1944), Buffalo, 1896; sold to Francis P. Garvan (1875–1937), New York, 1929; given to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1931
Bibliography
  • Wallace Nutting, Furniture Treasury, 1st ed., 3 vols. (Framingham, Mass.: Old American Company Publishers, 1928–33), vol. 2, nos. 3670–71, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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