Pitcher
- Object Name:
- Pitcher
- Object ID:
- 1957.065.01.63
- Creator:
- Boardman & Hart -- Pewterer
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY/Hartford, CT
- Date:
- 1828-1853
- Description:
- Pitcher. Pewter. Attached hinged lid and built-in stainer. Pitcher has bulbous belly, slightly flaring foot ring, and flaring spout. Ear-shaped handle. Hinged dome lid with button finial. Thumb rest on top of handle. Handle in cross-section is oval, with flattened ends. Decorative incised band on base ring and decorative band at shoulder. Seam visible on interior only at widest part of the bulbous body. Body is probably lathe-turned. Slightly flaring neck. Maker's mark on base: "X / BOARDMAN / & HART / N-YORK". Cursive engraving on bottom, appears to be "Npo".
- Material:
- Metal
Pewter - Dimensions:
- H-11 W-12.125 Dia-8.125 inches
- Provenance:
- One of the items from the Prentis Collection -- given by Katherine Prentis Murphy and her brother Edmund Astley Prentis, in memory of Katherine's husband, David Edward Murphy -- which formed the contents of a suite of early New England "period rooms," meant to represent the home of a prosperous New England merchant c. 1730. The rooms were exhibited at the New Hampshire Historical Society (30 Park St.), 1957-1983. A 1965 note from Katherine Prentis Murphy states, "next year 1966 I will give you the pewter collection;" perhaps this piece was part of that collection.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy and Edmund Astley Prentis Jr., in Memory of David Edward Murphy
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