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11:43 10/14/2009
This combination of Richardson and "Warranted" marks was likely used in the period after Richardson left Boston, but before his move to Cranston, when he was working in South Reading, Mass. for Burrage Yale.
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Teapot
- Maker: George Richardson
- Medium: Pewter
- Geographical Locations:
- Place made: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Place made: Cranston, Rhode Island, USA
- Dates: 1818-1845
- Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 8 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. (18.4 x 20.6 x 14.9 cm)
- Markings: Impressed on underside, from top to bottom: "G.RICHARDSON" and "WARRANTED" in rectangular stamps with serrated edge
- Collections: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor - Accession Number: 45.10.55
- Credit Line: Designated Purchase Fund
- Image: Overall, 45.10.55.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
- Catalogue Description: Pewter teapot with hinged lid; Queen Anne style. Pear-shaped body with continuous footed base. Attached ear-shaped handle with scrolled grips in metal painted black. Opposing spout rises almost vertically in elongated S-shape; flat cut oval opening. Hinged lid rises to steep, tapering dome surmounted by finial of disk and beads. CONDITION: Fair; one side of teapot misshapen with multiple dents; paint loss in handle; disk of finial has irregular edge (cut off?); some corrosion on spout.
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Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum 