Object Number 1961.0250

Object Name

Sundial

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Goldsmith Chandlee (Maker)
1751/2-1821
Goldsmith Chandlee is the son of Benjamin Chandlee, clockmaker from Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania. For more on Goldsmith Chandlee's marks, see Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.218.

Place of Origin

Winchester, Virginia, United States, North America

Date

1780-1821

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Dial, center; "CHANDLEE WINCHESTER", cast

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

2.52 (H) , 5.157 (W) , 5.157 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

6.4 (H) , 13.1 (W) , 13.1 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
• Published: fig. 12-23, p. 203
[Book] Davis, John D. 2003 Pewter at Colonial Williamsburg.
• See similar sundial by Chandlee, no. 379, p.379.