Basin (Bowl)
Museum Object Number1953.0037.002 |
Object Name
Basin (Bowl)
Category
Metals
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Charles F. Montgomery
Creator (Role)
Samuel Hamlin Sr. (Possible maker)
Samuel E. Hamlin Jr. (Possible maker)
Creator Notes
Samuel Sr apprenticed with Thomas Danforth II and Jacob Whitmore. In the Connecticut Courant on July 13, 1767 Hamlin advertised the partnership of Hamlin & Henshaw, which had a store in Hartford. The shop probably produced pewter, copper, and brass. The length of their collaboration is not known. A notice in the Connecticut Courant on November 23, 1773 announced the termination of the partnership between Hamlin and Thomas Danforth II, and stated that Hamlin had moved to Providence where he set up another shop as a pewterer, brazier and coppersmith. In 1774 he took on his brother-in-law Gershom Jones as a partner, a collaboration that lasted until 1781. In 1782, Joseph Danforth, son of Thomas Danforth II, went to Providence to retrieve his father's molds that Hamlin had been using; this suggests that Hamlin was working for Danforth (Thomas, p.149-151). For more on Samuel Hamlin Sr's marks, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.104-105; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.259; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.133; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.222. See also John Carl Thomas, Connecticut Pewter and Pewterers (1976), p.149-151; J.B. Kerfoot, American Pewter (1942), p.118-120; and Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.1, p.86-87, 95-97.Samuel Ely Hamlin worked in his father Samuel Hamlin Sr's shop until the elder's death, and the son probably used his father's marks except a rose mark (Montgomery, History of American Pewter, p.222 and Laughlin, Pewter in America, vol.1, p.96). In 1811 Hamlin advertised that he now offered britannia wares in addition to pewter. After 1841, he was listed only as a maker of britannia. For ten years (1828-1838), the pewterer James M. Warner was listed at the same address as Hamlin Jr, suggesting that Warner was employed by Hamlin. For more on Samuel Hamlin Jr's marks, see C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.259; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.133; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.106; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.222. See also Laughlin, Pewter in America, vol.1, p.96-97 and vol.3, p.104 and Kauffman, The American Pewterer, p. 13, which reproduces an advertisement for S. E. Hamlin in the Providence, (RI) Gazetter from 1809.
Date of Birth
09/09/17461774
Date of Death
04/01/180104/14/1864
Place of Origin
England, United Kingdom, Europe
Origin Notes
Per previous cataloguer.
Date
1780-1920
Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label
1. Mark ; Underside; "MLIN" stamped in a rectangle, partially effaced at left.
2. Mark; Underside; American eagle with outstretched wings stamped in a circle, partially effaced.
Materials
Pewter
Techniques
Cast
Dimensions (inches)
2.756 (H) , 11.969 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
7 (H) , 30.4 (Diam)
Object Description
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