The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 23, 2025

Teapot

c. 1740
fabricated by

Jacob Hurd

(American, 1702–1758)
America, Massachusetts, Boston
silver
Overall: 14.8 x 22.6 cm (5 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.); without handle: 12.6 cm (4 15/16 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.225
Location: Not on view

Description

This teapot was made by Jacob Hurd, the father of Nathaniel Hurd whose portrait by John Singleton Copley is in gallery 204. The finial is probably not original to this teapot.
  • (Lawrence Park); J. H. Wade, Cleveland.
  • L. P. "A Teapot by Jacob Hurd." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 7, no. 7 (1920): 96. Mentioned: pp. 96-97; Reproduced: Front Matter www.jstor.org
    Johnston, Phillip M. Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 83
  • Exhibition of French, English, and American Silver in Honor of Russell A. Plimpton. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (organizer) (June 10-July 15, 1956).
    35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
    The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
  • {{cite web|title=Teapot|url=false|author=Jacob Hurd|year=c. 1740|access-date=23 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1920.225