American Decorative Arts
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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)
Mabel Brady Garvan Collection
1931.184
Culture: 
American, British
Period: 
19th century
Classification: 
Containers - Metal
Geography: 
Made in Wallingford, Connecticut, North America
Made in Sheffield
Status: 
Not on view
Bibliography: 

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.

Graham Hood, American Pewter: Garvan and Other Collections at Yale (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1965), 30-31, no. 125, 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.