The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Pfaffenroth: American Furniture, Silver and Decorative Arts
The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Pfaffenroth: American Furniture, Silver and Decorative Arts
Fine and Rare Pewter Covered Sugar Bowl, George Richardson (ca. 1782-1848), Glemnore County, Cranston, Rhode Island, 1828-1845
No reserve
Auction Closed
January 19, 09:11 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Fine and Rare Pewter Covered Sugar Bowl
George Richardson (ca. 1782-1848)
Glemnore County, Cranston, Rhode Island
1828-1845
the bowl bearing accession no. 1930.727 b and the underside of the cover no. 1930.727 a, retains an inscribed note in the handwriting of Webster Goodwin: “From Garvan Collection, ex. LG [Louis Guerineau] Meyers Coll. Yale University, see ‘American Pewter’ Garvan and other Collections at Yale, picture #128, page 31 and pg. 32. (Accession #1930-727).”
Height 5 1/4 in. Width 7 in. by Depth 4 in.
Webster Goodwin Peter Collection, Rhode Island;
Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, January 18, 2018, sale 9805, lot 1027
Web Goodwin, the former editor of The Pewter Collectors Club of America Bulletin, began collecting in the early sixties and was active until his passing. Every good pewter collection should have a Richardson sugar bowl. Considered the finest of the nineteenth century pewter designs; one is pictured on the front piece of Kerfoot’s American Pewter. A colleague of many pioneering scholars and dealers, Web created the single best collection of Newport pewter in existence today, now owned by The Preservation Society of Newport and exhibited at the Hunter House. His diverse collection became one of the most significant in America. Web Goodwin was known for the fine condition of his pewter, which is true here. For a similar example by Richardson with a slightly different finial, see Kerfoot's American Pewter, fig. 306.