Metals
Lawrence Langworthy (Maker)
Newport, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
1730-1739
Bronze
Cast
1960.0921
Object Number1960.0921 |
Posnet
Metals
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Lawrence Langworthy (Maker)
1692-10/19/1739
Lawrence Langworthy is the earliest pewter-maker of verified record. He became a freeman in 1735, though he lived in Newport, Rhode Island as early as May, 1731. Pieces with the initials "LL" have been attributed to Langworthy on the grounds that no other pewterer with those initials is known in either England or America (Laughlin, vol.1, p.87-88 and vol.3, p.49).
For more on Lawrence Langworthy's marks, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.122-123 and Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.135. See also C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.265 and Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.1, p.87-88 and vol.3, p.49.
Newport, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
1730-1739
1. Signature; Handle; "LL·NEWPORT", cast in raised capitals
Bronze
Cast
10.866 (H) , 20.236 (L) , 9.488 (Diam)
27.6 (H) , 51.4 (L) , 24.1 (Diam)
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[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat. no. 3 b, p. 70.
[Article] Fennimore, Donald L. 05//1975 "Metalwork". American Art Journal. 7 (1): 93-106.
• Published: p. 99.
[Book] Schiffer, Nancy N., et al. 1978 The Brass Book: American, English and European, Fifteenth Century through 1850.
• Published: p.335, fig.A
[Book] Barons, Richard I. 1976 The American Hearth.
• Published: fig. 74.