Hot water plate

Museum Object Number 1973.0343

Object Name

Hot water plate

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Henry Will (Maker)

Creator Notes

Son of John Will, Pewterer; brother of William and Philip. Married Magdalena Haan in 1761 and became a freeman of New York City in 1765. He moved to Albany in 1775 or 1776. In 1783, Henry purchased property from John Townsend at 3 Water Street, New York (Laughlin, Pewter in America, vol.2, p.13-14). For Henry Will's marks, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), pp.176-180; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), section 2, p.284; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.144; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.228. See also J.B. Kerfoot, Ameican Pewter (1942), p.80 and Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.3, pp.101-103.

Date of Birth

1735

Date of Death

1802

Place of Origin

Albany or New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Plate produced in either New York City or Albany per previous cataloguer (2006).

Date

1761-1783

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark ; Underside; " WILL / YORK" stamped in an oval formed from two C-shaped scrolls with a rose and crown at the center. The mark is effaced.
2. Mark ; Underside; "HEN / NEW · YORK" stamped in an oval formed from two C-shaped scrolls with a rose and crown at the center. The mark is effaced.
3. Mark ; Underside; "X" stamped incuse in a Roman capital with a crown above.
4. Mark ; Underside; "H·W" framed by two horizontal lines in a rectangle.
5. Mark ; Underside; Seated figure of Britannia directed toward the left in a rectangle.
6. Mark ; Underside; Leopard's head in a rectangle.
7. Mark; Underside; Effaced mark.

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

1.575 (H) , 12.992 (W) , 9.606 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

4 (H) , 33 (W) , 24.4 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Width is of plate with handles fully extended.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Henry Will Account Book.
• Published: Fig. 11, p. xxxi