Teapot
Jacob Hurd
(American, 1702 or 1703–1758)
about 1730–35
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOther (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.)
Credit LineGift of William Storer Eaton in the name of Miss Georgiana G. Eaton
Accession number13.558
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
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)
