Pitcher, Presentation

Object Name:

Pitcher, Presentation

Object ID:

1992.001.01

Creator:

Dennison, Adams & Company -- Silversmith

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1845

Description:

Presentation Pitcher. Silver. "Presented to / T.W. Gillis, Esq. / by / Citizens of Nashua, N.H. / February 28th. / 1845." engraved in script on body, below spout. Made by Dennison, Adams & Company, Boston, MA. Ovoid, tapered, urn-shaped body. Round, stepped base. Narrow neck with broad, curved mouth. Applied hollow S-shaped handle, with small holes at top and bottom, and has a thumbrest at top. Solder lines visible down center-line of handle. Stamped on bottom: "DENNISON, ADAMS & CO." within a rectangle; "BOSTON." within a rectangle; and "Pure Silver Coin" within a rectangle.

Material:

Metal
Silver

Dimensions:

H-10.4 W-8.4 Dia-6.125 inches

Provenance:

Thomas W. Gillis (1806-1886), who received the pitcher from the "Citizens of Nashua..," was the Agent for the Nashua Manufacturing Company and the mayor of Nashua, 1857. The pitcher became the property of John W. Hutchinson (1838-1936), through his second wife, Rhoda E. Gillis (1838-1892), the daughter of Thomas W. Gillis. Inherited by the donor, Wesley Gillis Hutchinson (1903-1994), the son of John W. Hutchinson by his third wife, Harriet Webster Gould (1870-1966). Part of a collection of family objects intended to be bequeathed to the New Hampshire Historical Society, but distributed to the New Hampshire Historical Society in 1992.

Credit Line:

Gift of Wesley Gillis Hutchinson

People:

Gillis, Thomas W. (1806-1886), Hutchinson, Wesley Gillis (1903-1994)

Subjects:

Presentation, Manufacturing, Textile production