Pitcher (Cream or milk pitcher or pot)

Museum Object Number 1953.0025

Object Name

Pitcher (Cream or milk pitcher or pot)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Peter Young (Maker)

Creator Notes

Peter Young married Eva Moore in 1785. He bought property on Columbia Street, Albany in 1792 but he lost his house and barn in the fire of Albany on August 4, 1797. Laughlin believes that Young did not resume his practice after that event (p.23). For more on Peter Young's marks, see C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks, section 2, p.289; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter, 1942, p.194-5; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.146; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.229. See also Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), p.22-23.

Date of Birth

1749

Date of Death

1813

Place of Origin

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

Date

1775-1795

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Interior, base ; "P Y" stamped in a serrated rectangle; partially effaced at left.
2. Inscription; Exterior, underside; "M P [?]" crudely scratched in capitals.

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

4.528 (H) , 3.937 (L) , 2.559 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

11.5 (H) , 10 (L) , 6.5 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
• Published: fig. 7-3, p. 129