with inscription ""A Tribute of Grateful Affection from many friends to the Rev. Whiteford Smith D.D., Charleston, 1849", bearing marked of W. Carrington and W & H (Wood & Hughes), 7 b1/2" tall, 530 grams. hinged cover, jug style pitcher...... Carrington was a retailer (and part time smith) : "William Carrington was born in Connecticut, served his apprenticeship as a jeweler and silversmith in New York, where he formed a life-long friendship with Charles Tiffany, and then settled in Charleston in 1830. In 1835 he founded his own firm, W. Carrington & Co, which continued till 1872, when he formed a partnership and the name of the business changed. Though he is often referred to as a retailer and jeweler, he was trained as a silversmith so the several articles of coin silver attributed to him, ie made by him, is most probably legitimate...Rev. Whiteford Smith info..lived at 112 Beaufain Street Charleston, SC (Whiteford Smith House).....Constructed 1837-40. This Greek Revival style double house with a double-tiered piazza, floor-to-ceiling windows and unfluted Doric columns was built by Whiteford Smith around 1840 as the popularity of classicism began to sweep the lowcountry. The house, faced with long-leaf pine weatherboarding, is topped by a hipped roof and rests on a partial basement. The double house plan is slightly unusual in that the two front rooms are nearly twice the size of the two rear rooms. The lumber merchant Joseph Ward Mott acquired the property before selling it to James Gray, master in equity, in 1849. The 1886 earthquake damage survey lists the property in good condition with the exception of the chimneys. Recent owners discovered the remains of an original painted ceiling.

small ding in top by finial, light use marks