Silver teapot

Nathaniel Hurd (1730-1778)

Boston 1766

It is worth considering this teapot in relation to the portrait of Nathaniel Hurd by John Singleton Copley; one of the books on which Hurd rests his arm in the portrait is John Guillim's Display of Heraldry, a major source of designs for coats of arms. This teapot bears the coat of arms for the Howard family, prominent in the settlement and growth of Augusta, ME.