Metals
Samuel E. Hamlin Jr. (Maker)
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, North America
1794-1801
Pewter
Cast
1958.0677
Object Number1958.0677 |
Porringer
Metals
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Samuel E. Hamlin Jr. (Maker)
1774-04/14/1864
Samuel Ely Hamlin worked in his father Samuel Hamlin Sr's shop until the elder's death, and the son probably used his father's marks except a rose mark (Montgomery, History of American Pewter, p.222 and Laughlin, Pewter in America, vol.1, p.96). In 1811 Hamlin advertised that he now offered britannia wares in addition to pewter. After 1841, he was listed only as a maker of britannia. For ten years (1828-1838), the pewterer James M. Warner was listed at the same address as Hamlin Jr, suggesting that Warner was employed by Hamlin.
For more on Samuel Hamlin Jr's marks, see C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.259; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.133; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.106; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.222. See also Laughlin, Pewter in America, vol.1, p.96-97 and vol.3, p.104 and Kauffman, The American Pewterer, p. 13, which reproduces an advertisement for S. E. Hamlin in the Providence, (RI) Gazetter from 1809.
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, North America
1794-1801
1. Mark; Upper surface of handle; "HAM[ ]" with an eagle and stars, all within a circle, stamped
Pewter
Cast
2.126 (H) , 7.752 (W) , 5.374 (Diam)
5.4 (H) , 19.69 (W) , 13.65 (Diam)
Text available soon.
[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
• Published: fig. 9-1 and 9-2 (handle bracket), pp.146-148