A FIVE PIECE PEWTER COMMUNION SERVICE

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A FIVE PIECE PEWTER COMMUNION SERVICE
LEONARD, REED & BARTON, TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1835-1840

Comprising a flagon and four chalices: the flagon tapering cylindrical, with stepped domed hinged lid with a scroll thumbpiece and handle, the body with molded mid-rib, on a flaring stepped base, marked on base, Montgomery touch p. 224; the chalices each tulip-shaped, with flaring rim above reel-turned stems, on circular foot, unmarked (acc. number 23.2.316)
10½in. high the flagon; 6 3/16in. high the chalices
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Lot Essay

Gustavus Leonard, Henry G. Reed and Charles E. Barton were the partners of the firm Leonard, Reed & Barton and successors to the Taunton Britannia Manufacturing Company of Taunton, Massachusetts in 1835. A fairly large company employing twelve men, they produced communion vessels, tea sets and lamps. The company's name was changed to Reed & Barton after the death of Gustavus Leonard in 1840.