Metals
William Calder (Maker)
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
1830-1856
Britannia metal
Cast
1956.0075.002
Object Number1956.0075.002 |
Lamp (Oil lamp)
Metals
Museum purchase
William Calder (Maker)
07/18/1792-12/05/1856
William Calder apprenticed with Samuel E. Hamlin Jr in his native Providence before working in Philadelphia for a year. Calder was back in Providence by 1817 at the latest, at which point he purchased molds from Josiah Keene and opened his own shop. Charles Plumly worked as a journeyman for Calder in Providence in 1829.
For more on William Calder's marks, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.53; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.126; Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.218; Kauffman, The American Pewter (1970), p136; and C. Jacob Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.244. See also Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vo.1, p.100-102; J.B. Kerfoot, American Pewter (1942), p.135.
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
1830-1856
1. Mark; Underside of base, at bottom of shaft; "CALDER" stamped in a serrated rectangle.
Britannia metal
Cast
8.583 (H) , 4.331 (Diam)
21.8 (H) , 11 (Diam)
Text available soon.
[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
• Published: fig. 5-9, pp. 99
[Article] Goyne, Nancy A. 1965 Britannia in America: The Introduction of a New Alloy and a New Industry. Winterthur Portfolio. (II): 160-196.
• Published: fig. 45, p. 190