Candlestick

Museum Object Number 1967.0807

Object Name

Candlestick

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Freeman Porter (Maker)

Creator Notes

Freeman Porter is the younger brother of Allen, also a pewterer. Freeman joined in a partnership with Allen called A. and F. Porter in 1835, the same year he married Mary Ann (Buckley) Partridge). Allen retired in about 1840 and Elizur B. Forbes of Hartford became Freeman's foreman. The shop is listed in the 1860 New England Business Directory (Laughlin, vol.2, p.110). For more on Allen and Freeman Porters' marks, see C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.273-274; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.147; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.140; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.226. See also J.B. Kerfoot, American Pewter (1942), p.172 and Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.2, p.109-110.

Date of Birth

07/01/1808

Place of Origin

Westbrook, Maine, New England, United States, North America

Date

1835-1865

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside, center; "F PORTER" above and "WESTBROOK" below creating a circle, stamped
2. Mark; Underside, center; "N[ ] 2." in a rectangle, at center of maker's mark, stamped

Materials

Pewter; Britannia metal

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

6.252 (H) , 3.874 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

15.88 (H) , 9.84 (Diam)

Object Description

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