Lamp

Museum Object Number 1956.0046.005

Object Name

Lamp

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles K. Davis

Creator (Role)

James Baker Woodbury (Maker)

Creator Notes

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.

Date of Birth

10/03/1805

Date of Death

1873

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1830-1838

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside of base, at bottom of shaft; "J.B.WOODBURY" with an eagle and stars, all within a circle, stamped

Materials

Britannia metal; Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

8.5 (H) , 3.752 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21.59 (H) , 9.53 (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. 5-8, pp. 98