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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.527.2
People
Thomas Fletcher (Alstead, New Hampshire 1787-1842 New Jersey)
Sidney Gardiner (Mattituck, New York 1787-1866 Mexico)
Title
Tea pot for "Four-piece Tea/Coffee Service"
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 1813
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/352181

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver, ebony
Dimensions
23 x 28.2 cm (9 1/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
73.7 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: stamped on the underside: PHILAD [superscript:] A
  • coat of arms: engraved on front: an elephant's head with a snake issuing from its mouth and wrapping around its trunk [Appleton family coat of arms]
  • inscription: Engraved on front, beneath Appleton family coat of arms: A
  • maker's mark: stamped on the underside: F&G

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Daniel Appleton (1813?), by inheritance; to William Sumner Appleton, Boston, MA, by inheritance; to Sumner Appleton Weld, Marblehead, MA, sold; [to Mr. David Marcus] sold; to Stephen Juvelis, Lynn, MA, gift; to Stuart P. Feld and his wife, 1988, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2014.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld
Accession Year
2014
Object Number
2014.527.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Teapot with lid.

Publication History

  • Donald L. Fennimore, "Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner: the Stylistic Development of their Domestic Silver", Antiques (October 1972), pp. 642-649, p. 643 repr. as fig. 1
  • Stuart P. Feld, Boston in the Age of Neo-Classicism: 1810-1840, Hirschl & Adler Galleries (New York, 1999), p. 77, cat. 39
  • Donald L. Fennimore and Ann K. Wagner, Silversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner 1808-1842, exh. cat., Antique Collector's Club Ltd. (Suffolk, UK, 2007), p. 74 and repr. as fig. 5.3

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