Pewter teapot with four legs, a handle and a hinged lid. [SM (Verve) 03/11/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pewter teapot with four legs, a handle and a hinged lid. [SM (Verve) 03/11/2014]
Long description: Pewter teapot with four legs, a handle and a hinged lid. The teapot legs, handle and spout appear to have been cast. The lid handle is decoratively shaped in the form of four leaves and a fruit. [SM (Verve) 03/11/2014]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England South Yorkshire Sheffield
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Broadhead and Co., Sheffield; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Beatrice Braithwaite Batty
Date / Period: Date made: 1853-1859?, uncertain
Date collected: By 1917
Acquisition information: Donated: 1917
Materials and processes: Material Pewter Metal, Process Decorated, Process Stamped, Process Cast
Dimensions: Height: max 264 mm, Width: max 242 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1917.31.33
Research and responses: R. Broadhead & Company, Sheffield (as stamped on tea base of this teapot) was apparently the mark used 1853 to circa 1859. From circa 1859 to 1900 the R was dropped and the mark then read 'Broadhead & Company over Sheffield'. See British Pewter Marks of the 20th Century (http://www.pewterbank.com/British_Pewter_Marks_of_the_20th_Century..17.pdf) [ZM 21/08/2014]