Sep 3, 2019
Sep 3, 2019
Sep 3, 2019
Sep 3, 2019
Sep 3, 2019

Teapot

Teapot

c. 1740

fabricated by

Jacob Hurd

(American, 1702–1758)

Silver

Overall: 14.8 x 22.6 cm (5 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.); without handle: 12.6 cm (4 15/16 in.)

Weight: 538.284 g (1.19 lbs.)

Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.225

Location

Description

This teapot was made by Jacob Hurd, the father of Nathaniel Hurd whose portrait by John Singleton Copley is in gallery 204. The finial is probably not original to this teapot.

See also
Collection: 
Decorative Arts
Type of artwork: 
Silver
Medium: 
Silver
Credit line: 
Gift of J. H. Wade

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