John Goddard
Tea Table

MakerAmerican, 1723–1785
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Tea Table
Datec. 1760–1780
Made inNewport, Rhode Island, United States
MediumMahogany
Dimensions26 7/8 × 33 3/4 × 20 1/2 in. (68.3 × 85.7 × 52.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.57.1
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Drawing Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
ProvenancePossibly owned by Captain Benjamin Ives (1720–1767) and his wife, Elizabeth Hale Ives (1725–1767), Beverly, Massachusetts; by descent to their son, Robert Hale Ives (1744–1773), Beverly; or more likely owned by his son, Thomas Poynton Ives (1769–1835), Beverly, and Providence, Rhode Island, and his wife Hope Brown (1773–1855), Providence, Rhode Island; bequeathed to his sister, Mrs. Thomas Bancroft (née Elizabeth Ives, 1767–1801); or possibly by descent to her son, Thomas Poynton Bancroft (1799–1852), Providence and Beverly; by descent to his son, Robert Hale Bancroft (1843–1918), Beverly; by descent to his daughter, Mrs. Alexander Winsor (née Elizabeth Hope), Weston, Massachusetts; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1957; given to MFAH, by 1966.
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