• Born: 14 Jun 1803, Rocky Hill CT
• Marriage (1): Hannah Robinson in 1828
• Died: 11 Feb 1871, New York City NY

  General notes:

Pewtersmith and silverplater

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed on 1 Jun 1819-1 Mar 1825 to Thomas Danforth Boardman in Hartford CT ¹¹
  

• He worked in Mar 1825-Jan 1828 as a pewtersmith in New York City NY sent, at the death of Timothy Boardman, to serve as local manager of Boardman & Co. ¹¹

• He was a partner in 1828-1847 with Thomas Danforth Boardman in New York City NY as BOARDMAN & HART. ¹¹

• Alternate Mark for BOARDMAN & HART.

• Mug, Abt 1828
  Winterthur Library ³¹
  h: 3 3/8"
  d: 2 7/8"
  Engraved "Delia Maria Hussey / May 1, 1828 / A Mother's Gift." Made by BOARDMAN & HART.

• Advertised in Jun 1828 (New York City NY), "Coffee Urns, Boardman & Hart, 178 Water St., manufacture and keep on hand a good supply of Britannia Tea and Coffee Urns suitable for steamboats, hotels, and boarding houses; also Tea and Coffee Pots, etc. etc., together with a general assortment of articles of Britannia, Block Tin and Pewter Ware, wholesale and retail."

• Beaker by BOARDMAN & HART, Abt 1830
  Winterthur Library
  h: 5 3/16"
  d: 3.5"

• Advertised in the New York Commercial Advertiser (New York City NY), 2 May 1831, announcing that "Boardman & Hart have removed their manufactory of Britannia, Block Tin & Pewter Ware to No. 6 Burlingslip between Pearl & Water Sts. Near their former stand."

• He worked in 1847-1871 as a pewtersmith in New York City NY as LUCIUS HART & COMPANY. After Hart's death, the firm was continued by Charles E. Huntington and Lucius Hart, Jr. The name was changed to LUCIUS HART MANUFACTURING Co. ¹¹

• Advertised in the New York Commercial Advertiser (New York City NY), 1 Feb 1847, announcing: "Dissolution-The co-partnership hither to existing between the subscribers under the firm of Boardman & Hart is this day dissolved by mutual consent. The business of the late firm will be settled and all claims paid by Lucius Hart. Thomas D. Boardman • Sherman Boardman • Lucius Hart. The undersigned having purchased the entire stock of the late firm Boardman & Hart will continue the business as manufactory & importer of Britannia Ware & Dealer in metals at the old stand.- Lucius Hart."

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at New York City NY, listed as a store keeper.

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at New York City NY, listed as a silverplater.

• Receipt, 1 Aug 1865
  Winterthur Library
  

• Caster frame, Abt 1870
  Private Collection
  h: 10 1/4"
  w: 9"

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at New York City NY, listed as a (?) britannia manufacturer.

Lucius married Hannah Robinson in 1828. (Hannah Robinson was born in 1807 in New Brunswick NJ and died on 2 Aug 1871 in New York City NY.)