Teapot
- Object Name:
- Teapot
- Object ID:
- 1956.014
- Creator:
- Wishart, Hugh (1766-1840) -- Silversmith
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1817
- Description:
- Teapot. Silver. Rounded rectangular body and base on ball feet, curved spout, squared flat-topped handle of wood pinned into silver sockets. Built-in trapezoidal strainer. Holes in bottom of hollow feet. Cover is hinged on long side with ball finial above large deeply scalloped down-turned rosette. Foliated shields inscribed "1817" and "HFG" in script. Engraved bands on shoulder: twisted ribbon with rosettes, and flat ribbon alternating panels of roses and lattice work with corner rosettes. Maker's mark on short side of base: "H.WISHART" in rectangle. Number "261" scratched into bottom. Several blobs of solder or silver on bottom.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-8.5 W-12 D-4.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by Harriet F. Gardner (1799-1866) of Newport, RI. She was the great- grandmother of Harriet M. Spaulding (1876-1954), the wife of Huntley N. Spaulding (1869-1955). Bequest of Huntley N. Spaulding, Governor of New Hampshire, 1927-1929, and President of the New Hampshire Historical Society, 1937-1954.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Huntley N. Spaulding
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