A silver pap boat with an ovoid bowl with spout roll over lip and applied reeded handle.

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Pap Boat

Maker William Thomson (American, 1777 - 1833)

Datec. 1815

MediumSilver

Dimensions5 3/4 × 1 1/2 inches (14.6 × 3.8 cm)

MarkingsMaker's mark stamped on the bottom: W. Thomson [in script, in a rectangle]

Credit LineGift of William K. Wallbridge.

Object number1959.13

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CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextThis pap boat has an ovoid bowl with spout, roll-over lip, and applied reeded handle. Pap is a bland, soft, semiliquid food suitable for feeding to babies or invalids. The boat is inscribed on the side "George Haig" for the son of Sarah Telfair Haig (1792-1845), likely a gift in honor of his birth in 1816. George Haig died one year after his birth. Sarah’s husband and George’s father, also George, died during this same period. After her husband and son’s deaths, Sarah lived with her brother, landholder and enslaver Alexander Telfair, and sisters Mary and Margaret in the house that would later become the Telfair Academy. Savannahians often looked to other ports in the northeastern United States, especially Philadelphia and New York City, to purchase fashionable goods for their homes. William Thomson (1777-1833), this boat’s maker, was active as a silversmith in New York from around 1810 until his death in 1833.

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