Teapot
silversmith
Daniel Smith
(active England, 1753 - 1788)
silversmith
Robert Sharp
(England, 1757 - 1803)
Date1781-1782
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumChased silver
Dimensions11.5 x 26 x 9 cm (4 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM17e20
eMuseum ID723313
EmbARK ObjectID12187
TMS Source ID1325
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThe Agricultural Society of New York presented Isabella Tod Stewart this prize in honor of her horticultural accomplishments. Isabella Stewart Gardner adored her grandmother, a highly independent woman who successfully managed the family’s Long Island, New York, farm after her husband’s untimely death. Gardner displayed this cup in her museum alongside other family portraits and mementoes in the Short Gallery.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 126. (as Daniel Smith and Robert Sharpe, dated 1781-1782)
MarksNotesIncised (side): IS [monogram, Isabella Tod Stewart (1778-1848)]
Impressed (base): DS and RS in square [maker's mark, Daniel Smith (1753-1788) and Robert Sharpe (1757-1803), London]; lion passant in horizontal rectangle; crowned leopard’s head in a shield; F in a square shield shaped [date mark, 1781-1782]
Incised (bottom): Y / SF / No. 2
Impressed (inside, lid): Lion passant in horizontal rectangle
Impressed (base): DS and RS in square [maker's mark, Daniel Smith (1753-1788) and Robert Sharpe (1757-1803), London]; lion passant in horizontal rectangle; crowned leopard’s head in a shield; F in a square shield shaped [date mark, 1781-1782]
Incised (bottom): Y / SF / No. 2
Impressed (inside, lid): Lion passant in horizontal rectangle
ProvenanceNotesGift from the Agricultural Society of New York to Isabella Stewart Gardner's grandmother Isabella Tod Stewart (1778-1848) at an unknown date.
By descent to Isabella Stewart Gardner, probably about 1848.
Gift from Isabella Stewart Gardner to the lawyer Henry Walton Swift (1849-1924), 5 November 1918.
Bequeathed by Henry Walton Swift to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 24 January 1924.
By descent to Isabella Stewart Gardner, probably about 1848.
Gift from Isabella Stewart Gardner to the lawyer Henry Walton Swift (1849-1924), 5 November 1918.
Bequeathed by Henry Walton Swift to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 24 January 1924.
