Flagon
Boardman and Company, American, active 1822 - 1827
Hartford, Connecticut
1825-1827
Pewter
Overall: 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
Base: 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift from the collection of Ethel and Robert E. Asher, Class of 1931
M.991.7.6
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 base: X / BOARDMAN & CO. / NEW YORK [in circle, surrounding eagle (Laughlin #431)]
Exhibition History
American Pewter [A small case exhibition primarily of loans and promised gifts], Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, Septmeber 1985-Febraury 1986.
Provenance
Robert C. Eldred & Company, East Dennis, Massachusetts; Robert E. Asher (1910-2008) and Ethel Watson Asher (1905-1987), Washington, D.C., 1981; given to present collection, 1991.
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