Mug with Spout (probably an incomplete Shaving Mug)
George Richardson, American (born England, active Boston, 1818-28; Cranston, Rhode Island, 1828-45), 1782 - 1848
1820-1840
Pewter
Overall: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of John L. Ames Jr., Class of 1916
M.971.14
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marked, on bottom: [in rectangle] RICHARDSON (unclear, probably G. RICHARDSON, Jacob 237, top)
Provenance
From the Abbott Family of New Hampshire; Colonel John Lincoln Ames, Jr. (1895-1996), Bethesda, Maryland; given to present collection, 1971.
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