Design for a tea-pot, verso: design for a covered dish and bowl
Thomas Fletcher|Sidney Gardiner
1800–1866
Medium
Graphite
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 7/8 x 21 1/4 in. (40.3 x 54 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.652.12
Tags
BowlsDishesTeapots
About the Artist
Thomas Fletcher|Sidney Gardiner · 1787–1866
Thomas Fletcher (1787–1866) was a leading American silversmith whose career bridged the early republic's artisanal traditions and the burgeoning market for grand presentation silver. Born on April 3, 1787, in Alstead, New Hampshire, to Timothy Fletcher and Hannah Fosdick, his early life and training remain not well documented, with no records of formal apprenticeships or mentors identified.) By 18...