Hiram Yale - designs, exhibitions and historical information

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artdesigncafé - design | Design Meriden | 24 September 2020 | Updated 25 February 2021

A. Hiram Yale designs in collections

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1810s

1818-31 - plate

Hiram Yale. (1818-31). Plate. Pewter. (Accession no. 1966.1190. Viewed 25 February 2021. J01227).

Photo - Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, Winterthur, Delaware.

1820s

1820-31 - flower container (vase)

Hiram Yale. (1820-31). Flower container (vase). Pewter, Britannia metal. (Accession no. 1968.0602.001. Viewed 25 February 2021. J01228).

Photo - Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, Winterthur, Delaware.

1820-31 - flower container (vase)

Hiram Yale. (1820-31). Flower container (vase). Pewter, Britannia metal. (Accession no. 1968.0602.002. Viewed 25 February 2021. J01229).

Photo - Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, Winterthur, Delaware.

1822-31 - plate

Hiram Yale. (1822-31). Plate. Pewter. (Accession no. 41.34.43. Viewed 27 September 2020. J00780).

Photo - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

1824-35 - coffeepot

Hiram Yale & Co. (1824-35). Coffeepot. Cast Britannia metal, ivory, black paint. (Accession no. 1965.86.1. Viewed 27 September 2020. AAA00034-11).

Offline - Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.

1824-35 - sugar bowl

Hiram Yale & Co. (1824-35). Sugar Bowl. Spun Britannia metal. (Accession no. 1965.85.0a,b. Viewed 27 September 2020. AAA00034-10).

Offline - Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.

B. Hiram Yale designs in exhibitions

1960s

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See our Design Meriden compilation listing over 1000 exhibitions since 1851, featuring historical design associated with the Meriden area.

C. Hiram Yale - historical information (by year)

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1800s

Various newspapers, magazines and other sources

(c. ). Various newspapers, magazines and other sources - search engines.

Online - archive.org;
Online - Chronicling America at Library of Congress;
Online - fultonhistory.com (over 40 million historical newspaper pages);
Online - Google Books;
Online - Google News;
Online - HathiTrust Digital Library.

2000s

2007 - article mention

Turano, Andrew F. and Smith, Robert G. (Summer 2007). Isaac Chauncy Lewis, britannia worker [with mention of Hiram Yale]. The Bulletin (Pewter Collector’s Club of America), vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 3-18. (Viewed 25 February 2021. R01341).

Online - Nederlandse TinVereniging (NTV) (Dutch society of pewter collectors) website.

Click the following link to see designs and documentation for other historical companies from the Meriden area, and those that were connected to the International Silver Company; go to the historical Meriden design overview page and scroll down to section D: "ISC, predecessors & divisions", E: "Other featured companies" and G: "Featured early pewter / britannia / silver makers".