Object Number 1987.0094

Object Name

Porringer

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland

Creator (Role)

Isaac C. Lewis (Maker)
10/19/1812
Isaac Lewis apprenticed with Hiram Yale at Wallingford, Connecticut. In 1834 he opened a shop with George Cowles in East Meriden. The company name changed to Lewis and Curtis in 1836 when Lemuel J. Curtis replaced Cowles. In 1839 the company was reorganized again when Lewis took on Daniel B. Wells, a former apprentice, and it was called I.C. Lewis & Company. This company was eventually absorbed into Meriden Britanna Company in 1852, of which Lewis was the president. For more on Isaac Lewis's marks, see Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.2, p.106; Kauffman, The American Pewterer (1970), p.146; and C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.265. See also Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.128 and Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.136.

Place of Origin

Meriden, Connecticut, United States, North America

Date

1834-1852

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

0.75 (H) , 3.25 (W) , 2.25 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1.91 (H) , 8.255 (W) , 5.72 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

The diameter is of the bowl rim.

Object Description

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