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American Decorative Arts
Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Explore image in Maker, formerly attributed to: Hiram Yale and Company, American, ca. 1825–1831
Mug
1825–31 and ca. 1900
Pewter
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
other (at base): 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
other (at rim): 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
other (at base): 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
other (at rim): 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Mabel Brady Garvan Collection
1931.184
Geography:
Made in Wallingford, Connecticut, North America
Made in Sheffield
Culture:
American, British
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Containers - Metals
Bibliography:
Graham Hood, American Pewter: Garvan and Other Collections at Yale (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1965), 30-31, no. 125, ill.
Louis Guerineau Myers, Some Notes on American Pewterers (New York: Country Life, 1926), 75, ill.
Ledlie I. Laughlin, Pewter in America: Its Makers and Their Marks, 2 vols. (Boston: Barre Publishers, 1940), 132, vol. 1.
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.
