Fashion-conscious clients in Boston and New England favored globular or apple-shaped teapots such as this one, stamped twice with “Hurd” for Jacob Hurd, one of the most prolific and esteemed silversmiths working in colonial Boston. Probably derived from contemporary English and Asian ceramic teapots, this form was adopted by American silversmiths during the second quarter of the 18th century. The teapot is engraved with the arms of Hubbard, for William Hubbard, a Bostonian client. Jacob Hurd’s son Nathaniel engraved a book plate for Hubbard as well.