Pitcher (Pitcher with lid)

Museum Object Number 1952.0112

Object Name

Pitcher (Pitcher with lid)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Elizur B. Forbes (Maker)

Creator Notes

Elizur Forbes was the foreman in Freeman Porter's shop after about 1840. See Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.2, p.110; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.131; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.131, fig.7-6 and p.222 (mark).

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Origin probably Westbrook, Maine (Montgomery, 1973, 131).

Date

1840-1860

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside of base; "E.B.FORBES" stamped in a serrated rectangle.

Materials

Pewter; Britannia metal

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

8.858 (H) , 9.055 (W) , 4.331 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

22.5 (H) , 23 (W) , 11 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Diameter is of base.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
• Published: fig. 7-6, pp. 130-131