Dish
Classification:
Date:
1826-1838
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 26 cm )
Description:
Two pewter plates with single reeded brim.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.124ab
Marks:
stamped: on bottom of plates: "CALDER"
Gallery Label:
William Calder of Providence, Rhode Island began his career as a pewterer circa 1824 and worked until his death in 1856. He and Thomas D. Boardman of Hartford, Connecticut are responsible for the great majority of surviving porringers of early American origin. Calder’s porringer output is second only to Samuel Hamlin, also from Providence.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1838
eMuseum Object ID:
27825
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sauce boats (2)
Classification:
Date:
1775-1800
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 × 7 3/4 × 4 1/8 in. (9.5 × 19.7 × 10.5 cm)
Description:
One of two shallow pitchers or sauce boats, each with wide spout, capped scroll handle, wide bowl with indented girdle, monogram above and with spreading rim foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number:
1964.70a
Marks:
engraved: on side of each in block letters: "G C"
Gallery Label:
English pewter sauceboats from the eighteenth century are rare with most surviving examples made by Henry Joseph of London. Elected a yeoman of the Pewterers' Company in 1736 and having risen to master in 1771, Joseph is noteworthy for the broad range of domestic goods that he produced for the American market.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
25031
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish
Classification:
Date:
1770-1800
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 18 1/4 in. ( 3.5 x 46.4 cm )
Description:
Circular molded pewter charger with shallow well and flat brim and engraved image of a bust of a knight in armor on brim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number:
1964.60
Marks:
touchmarks: on back of dish, in semicircular bands: "Spateman/N LONDON"; Tudor rose and crown; crown over an "X"; (faint) sun over a bird
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
24257
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish
Classification:
Date:
1770-1800
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 22 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. ( 45.7 x 57.2 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Oval pewter charger with sunken well and engraved crown over a "D" on plain brim; folded over rim, seam on underside.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number:
1964.59
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
23680
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
plate: stamped w/winged figure, ?ondon; 1901 scratched on
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1780-1810
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 8 5/8 in. ( 2.9 x 21.9 cm )
Description:
Pewter plate with deep well and plain rim.
Object Number:
INV.13805
Marks:
struck: beneath well twice: ".......ZINN....." with figure with scales
struck: beneath well once: "LONDON"
Gallery Label:
According to Donald Fennimore, the Curator of Metalwork at Winterthur Museum, this deep plate was made in Europe, not London, England.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
22336
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks
Classification:
Date:
1600-1700
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 2 3/4 in. ( 12.7 x 7 cm )
Description:
One of a pair of pewter candlesticks with bell-shaped base and baluster shaft.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number:
1964.94a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1700
eMuseum Object ID:
22117
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Metal mug w/ handle
Classification:
Date:
1855-1861
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 4 3/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 8.9 x 11.1 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical mug with molded foot and lip and scrolled handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York, through Major Kenneth Miller
Object Number:
1951.511b
Marks:
incised: on body: "P.Schuyler/ Co:6"
written: in pen on body: "-Camp Cameron- / -May- / -1861-"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
21977
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candle stick w/fake candle
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 5 5/8 in. ( 24.8 x 14.3 cm )
Description:
Pewter candlestick; circular domed and molded base and bobeche; baluster stem; probably ecclesiastical.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number:
1965.40b
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this candlestick was purchased at the Curtis Tavern in Granville, Mass.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
21136
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
shaker lid
Classification:
Date:
1750-1850
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. ( 1.9 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Pewter caster top;drum-shaped with interior threads; fourteen holes.
Object Number:
INV.13697
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
18466
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1842
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. ( 1.9 x 21 cm )
Description:
Pewter plate with single reeded brim; brim has leaves on it and the basin has a stipple decoration with a flower in the center.
Object Number:
INV.653
Marks:
inscribed: on brim: "F.G.H/1842"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1842
eMuseum Object ID:
18342
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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