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Teapot
Jacob Hurd (American, 1702 or 1703–1758)
about 1730–35
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Other (Overall): 13.3 x 21.8 x 10.8 cm (5 1/4 x 8 5/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
Other: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.)
Other: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William Storer Eaton in the name of Miss Georgiana G. Eaton
Accession Number13.558
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 167
InscriptionsSturgis coat of arms in cartouche with gryphon head surmounting
ProvenanceJosiah Quincy (b. 1710 - d. 1784) and Hannah Sturgis Quincy (b. 1712 - d. 1755), Barnstable, MA; to their daughter, Hannah Quincy Storer (b. 1736 - d. 1826) and her husband, Ebenezer Storer, Jr. (b. 1729 - d. 1807), Boston; to their daughter, Susanna Storer Eaton (b. 1782 - d. 1853) and her husband, Rev. Asa Eaton (b. 1778 - d. 1858), Boston; by descent to their grandchildren, William Storer Eaton (b. 1854) and Georgianna Goddard Eaton (b. 1857 - d. 1911); 1913, gift of William Storer Eaton to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)