Metals
Benjamin Day (Probable maker)
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
1744-1757
Pewter
Cast
1960.1133
Object Number1960.1133 |
Tankard
Metals
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Benjamin Day (Probable maker)
c.1706-1757
The first reference to Benjamin Day in Newport records as a pewterer is in 1744.
For additional information on attribution issues between Benjamin Day and Benjamin Dolbeare of Boston, see Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.1, pp.88-89 and vol 3, pp.50-51; Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.121.
For more on Benjamin Day's marks, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.84; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.252; Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.220; Kauffman, The American Pewterer (1970), p.140. See also Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.130.
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
1744-1757
1. Mark; Interior, base; "BD" stamped in an octagon.
2. Mark; Interior, base; The quality mark "X" is stamped incuse in a Roman capital.
Pewter
Cast
7.795 (H) , 7.48 (W) , 5 (Diam)
19.8 (H) , 19 (W) , 12.7 (Diam)
Diameter is of the base.
Text available soon.
[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
• Published: fig. 6-21, p. 120-121