Museum Object Number1956.0046.005 |
Lamp
Metals
Gift of Charles K. Davis
James Baker Woodbury (Maker)
See records for Oren Colton and Woodbury & Colton. For examples of J.B. Woodbury's marks, see C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), pp.246, 286-288; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.189; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.145; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.229. See also J.B. Kerfoot, American Pewter (1942), p.61, 185 and Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.2, p.118 and vol.3, p.195.
10/03/1805
1873
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1830-1838
1. Mark; Underside of base, at bottom of shaft; "J.B.WOODBURY" with an eagle and stars, all within a circle, stamped
Britannia metal; Pewter
Cast
8.5 (H) , 3.752 (Diam)
21.59 (H) , 9.53 (Diam)
Diameter is of base
Text available soon.
[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
• Published: fig. 5-8, pp. 98