Rectangular, slat-top, wood-frame foot warmer or stove with spool-ended, opposed double-baluster supports that holds a piercework tin box with a wire-rimmed, hinged door. Contains a wire-rimmed, cylindrical brazier or pan for holding heat source; riveted tab handle. Box top has a central perforated band flanked by rows of openwork ovals and diamonds; box sides similarly pierced. Wire bail handle hooked through loops on frame top. Doweled bridle joints. No marks.
Small, dark green-painted, flat-top box with tapered and scrolled hasp lock on front and one hinge at back; no handle. Lid top and box front and sides have right-facing sprigs of red flowers, buds, and fruits or cherries amidst yellow-veined, S-stroke leaves with turned-over tips. Yellow pencilling on top and all sides except back. One-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim on front; the other sides are folded. Three-piece box has a top edge folded with a raised bead on the front and sides, a wire (for hinge) along back and flat bottom. Tinned interior. No marks.
Attributed to the Upson Tinshop of Marion (in the Town of Southington), CT, circa 1773-1837.
Lidless baluster measure with a stepped, galleried rim and molded base; quart size. Two incised lines around rim and three above swelled center of body. Tapered, S-scroll handle with flat, stepped thumbrest and short, D-section terminal; strut with diamond- or lozenge-shaped attachment. Bottom exterior stamped "BOARDMAN / & HART" and "N-YORK", both in raised serif letters inside rectangles. Rim exterior stamped incuse "AB" to left of handle and "1832" to its right.
Maker is Boardman & Hart, New York, NY, w. 1828-1853. The Boardmans were a well-known family of pewtersmiths in Connecticut during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Lucius Hart (1803-1871) apprenticed with Thomas Danforth Boardman (1784-1873) and was his partner in the New York branch of the business. Boardman & Hart manufactured pewter but, over time, produced less of it in favor of Britannia and block tin.
Small, bail-handled basket with circular, bulbous or bellied body on flared, circular foot; engraved on one side with an armorial device or coat of arms featuring a barred escutcheon with crest of a left-facing collared dog's head above and with motto "NON NOBIS SOLUM" below. Applied beading across bow of handle and below plain rim. Gold washed interior. Underside of rounded bottom is struck with Gorham trademark (right-facing lion passant in clipped-corner square, anchor in rectangle, and gothic or Old English "G" in clipped-corner square) above "1016", "STERLING" and "D", all in incuse serif letters. One of two salts, DL*383725-DL*383726.
Seamed cylindrical cup or mug with spurred, reverse scroll handle and applied, die-rolled bands of spearlike leaves and circular buds on stems at rim and foot ring; engraved on front in script "Sidney A. Mason." Flat bottom set in is struck on underside around centerpunch "MARQUAND & C\o" and "NEW YORK" in incuse serif letters, facing inward and forming a circle.
Raised circular coffeepot with double-bellied lower body engraved "SML" in flecked foliate script on a domed and stepped circular pedestal base. Flattened bulbous upper body and hinged lid, which is topped by a cast spherical cluster of fruits and flowers. Cast convex rims of pairs of cornucopias springing from shells at shoulder and top of pedestal; die-rolled bands of matching decoration at opening and base. Hollow S-curve handle sprouts from waterleaf volutes and is pinned into ivory insulators. S-curve spout has a scrolled waterleaf on top and anthemion on belly. Body open at spout. Underside of rounded bottom struck below centerpunch "N.J.BOGERT" in raised roman letters in a rectangle. From a four-piece coffee and tea service, 1985.0962.1-.4.
Two-handled, covered, raised circular sugar bowl with double-bellied lower body engraved "SML" in flecked foliate script on a domed and stepped circular pedestal base. Flattened bulbous upper body and domed cover, which is topped by a cast cluster of fruits and flowers. Cast convex rims of pairs of cornucopias springing from shells at shoulder and top of pedestal; die-rolled bands of matching decoration at opening and base. Hollow S-curve handles sprout from waterleaf volutes. Underside of rounded bottom struck above centerpunch "N.J.BOGERT" in raised roman letters in a rectangle. Cover not marked. From a four-piece coffee and tea service, 1985.0962.1-.4.
Raised circular teapot with double-bellied lower body engraved "SML" in flecked foliate script on a domed and stepped circular pedestal base. Flattened bulbous upper body and hinged lid, which is topped by a cast spherical cluster of fruits and flowers. Cast convex rims of pairs of cornucopias springing from shells at shoulder and top of pedestal; die-rolled bands of matching decoration at opening and base. Hollow S-curve handle sprouts from waterleaf volutes and is pinned into ivory insulators. S-curve spout has a scrolled waterleaf on top and anthemion on belly. Body perforated at spout. Underside of rounded bottom struck above centerpunch "N.J.BOGERT" in raised roman letters in a rectangle. From a four-piece coffee and tea service, 1985.0962.1-.4.
Barrel-shaped teapot with wide-rimmed, bell-domed, hinged lid topped by disk-and-ball knop on a flared and molded circular base. Body triple-scored at shoulder and bottom with molded midband at seam. Black-japanned, spurred C-curve handle with short cylindrical sockets. S-curve spout has an elongated D-shaped lip, faceted face and rounded belly. Body perforated at spout. Inside of flat, inset bottom struck with circular touch mark of "A. GRISWOLD" with spreadwing eagle, body facing right and head turned left.
Maker is Ashbil (or Ashbel) Griswold (1784-1853); working, circa 1802-1842. Trained with Thomas Danforth III as a pewterer; opened a shop in Meriden in 1808 and expanded into producing britannia wares at an early date, establishing Meriden as a major manufacturing center of pewter, britannia and plated goods. Was one of the founding partners of the Meriden Britannia Co. in 1852.
Silver-gilt or vermeil, flat oval tray with piercework gallery having a die-rolled band of pointed leaves and single buds at rim and beading below; four cast tab feet each have an anthemion outlined by split scrolls with rosettes. Oval brass tag stamped "3325" is wired to gallery. Underside struck with three hallmarks; and one mark on gallery exterior at center of long side. Part of a five-piece service, DL*59.2346A-E.
Patent model (U.S. Patent No. X8,827) of a stove for heating rooms, made by Charles W. Peckham of New Haven, CT, and patented on May 16, 1835. Consists of a vertical rectangular firebox atop a square ash pit with drawer on four, cast, floral-patterned feet; flat, square cover with opening is topped by a rectangular box with smoke pipe. Firebox is mounted backwards. Wove tapes are tied around ash pit and box on cover; another length of tape is secured to a loose piece of unknown purpose stored inside firebox. No marks on object, but two old torn and darkened paper tags tied to purple wove ribbon and string are printed and handwritten with patent information and object numbers.
Two-handled, covered, raised circular sugar bowl with twelve-lobed bulbous lower body accented by faceted diamonds on a domed and stepped circular pedestal base; one lobe is engraved "SM" in small, faint script. Tiered upper body and repousse chased cover, which is topped by a cast basket of fruits and flowers. Cast convex, symmetrical floral patterned rims at shoulder and top of pedestal; die-rolled bands of matching decoration at opening and base. Hollow, reeded S-curve handles sprout from anthemion volutes, the upper terminals with a five-petaled flower at sides. Centerpunch on underside of rounded bottom. Underside of base is struck "W. Thomson" in raised script in a stepped rectangle and scratched "26 11". Handwritten note giving history stored inside. From cream and sugar set, DL*62.0248-.0249.
Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 304) of a cooking stove with an elevated, stepped-back oven on three legs, made by David W. Barker of Clyde, NY, and patented on July 29, 1837. Open oven, designed to have sliding or folding doors on front and back, is enclosed by a flue at sides and top that is fed by the stove. Faint markings (either incised or inscribed) include "[D.W.] Barker" to left of smoke pipe opening, two circles on bottom inside oven, two more circles marked "Griddle" on stove top, and "Slide pan" on hearth. Soft soldered lapped seams. Two darkened paper tags tied to eye hook on oven front with white string are printed and handwritten with patent information and object numbers.
Shallow, circular container with flared sides, flat bottom and stepped, flat domed-top lid attached by a five-knuckle inset hinge. Lid scored with one line near rim and a small spiral at center, while dish exterior has two lines around midbody. No marks apparent.
Raised, high-shouldered, inverted baluster-shaped pitcher engraved "EHJ" in flecked script on body below spout. Matching die-rolled bands of elongated leafy S-scrolls are used to join body to incurved neck and as the slightly tapered, seamed circular foot. Narrower decorative band of cornucopias, numerous flowers and fruits around exterior of the deeply curved rim with deep V-shaped pouring lip. Hollow, reverse-baluster, C-scroll handle with sprigged upper terminal attached to rim and split scroll lower terminal attached to shoulder. Underside of flat bottom struck equidistant from centerpoint with two "C"s in squares and "NEW-YORK" in a rectangle, both in raised roman letters. Very light.