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

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American Pewter Spouted Flagon, Boardman & Co. (1825-1827), Hartford, Connecticut, Circa 1825

No reserve

Auction Closed

January 19, 09:11 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 2,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

American Pewter Spouted Flagon

Boardman & Co. (1825-1827)

Hartford, Connecticut

Circa 1825


With circular touch mark BOARDMAN & CO. NEW YORK wrapped around the Great Seal of the United States on underside.

Height 11 1/4 in. by Width 6 in. by Depth 9 1/2 in.

Robert Connelly, Binghamton New York, Estate of Joan D. and Edward J. McLaughlin III, July 14, 2007.


The Jacques and McLaughlin Families are historically important in Orange County New York. John Jacques Sr. (1790-1876) operated a boot factory from 1818 to 1837. In 1835 he planted his first vineyard and produced his first wine in 1839. In 1859 he gave his business over to his two sons and the Jaques brothers continued the operation of the winery through 1886. Now known as the Brotherhood Winery, it is the oldest winery in the United States. Devoted to making sacramental and medicinal spirits, they continued operation even during prohibition. John Jacques' Sr. daughter Sarah married Nathan McLaughlin and their son Edward J. McLaughlin I opened a General Store in Washingtonville in 1879. Edward McLaughlin II married Helen Burnett whose grandfather was the last American Revolutionary War officer and Society of Cincinnati original member. Many of the items from the Jacques and McLaughlin families remain intact and were passed on to Joan and Edward McLaughlin III.

Per Ledlie Irwin Laughlin, Pewter in America: Its Makers and Marks, (Boston, MA: Barre Publishers, 1969), p. 128, evidence suggests that Boardman pewter was never made in New York but rather stamped at the Hartford factory with the touches reserved for the New York shop and later shipped to the city.