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Source 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.
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Document identity
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101410
label
Teapot
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
101410
contentType
object
title
Teapot
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.
date
c. 1740
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79496651
creators
8379
genreSpecific
Silver
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 14.8 x 22.6 cm (5 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.); without handle: 12.6 cm (4 15/16 in.)
cul
America, Massachusetts, Boston
accession
1920.225
Source extras
tec
silver
tombstone
Teapot, c. 1740. 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.225
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
engraved coat of arms of Whipple.
citations
citation
L. P. "A Teapot by Jacob Hurd." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 7, no. 7 (1920): 96.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 96-97; Reproduced: Front Matter
citation
Johnston, Phillip M. <em>Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 83
creditline
Gift of J. H. Wade
updatedAt
2026-05-29 05:29:12.762000
sourceId
101410
dept
Decorative Art and Design
coll
Decorative Arts
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silver
creatorTags
male
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0
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photo
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