Teapot Maker: Joseph Richardson, Jr. (American, 1752–1831)
Maker: Nathaniel Richardson (American, 1754–1827)

1777–90

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

6 11/16 × 10 13/16 in. (17 × 27.5 cm)
base: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1932.52

Geography

Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Francis P. Garvan, New York, N.Y.
Bibliography
  • Harold Newman, An Illustrated Dictionary of Silverware (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1987), 114, ill
  • Graham Hood, American Silver: A History of Style, 1650–1900 (New York: Praeger, 1971), 171, 173, fig. 185
  • Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 2, p. 213, no. 883, ill
  • Philadelphia Silver, 1682–1800: Exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, April 14–May 27, 1956, exh. cat. (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1956), no. 452
  • From Colony to Nation; an Exhibition of American Painting, Silver and Architecture from 1650 to the War of 1812, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1949), 102, no. 204
  • John Marshall Phillips, "Masterpieces in American Silver in Public Collections: Part IV, Rococo and Federal Periods," Antiques 56 (July 1949), 41, ill
  • Exhibition of Early American Paintings, Miniatures, and Silver, assembled by Washington Loan Exhibition Committee, exh. cat. (Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1925), 19, no. 145
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

teapots, utilitarian objects

Marks

"I.NR" in rectangle on bottom, twice

Inscriptions

Arms of Powell impaling Willing, and Willing crest, in rococo scrolled and foliate cartouche, engraved on side; Willing crest on cover; "Saml Powel/ Newport/ R.I." and "26 oz-5 dwt-18 gr" scratched on bottom

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