Object Number 1966.1190

Object Name

Plate

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Hiram Yale (Maker)
03/27/1799-1831
Hiram, along with his brothers Selden and Charles, probably trained with Thomas Danforth III at Rocky Hill. Hiram married Rosetta Robinson on April 6, 1821. Charles and Hiram formed the firm H. Yale and Company after Selden's death in 1823, which lasted until Hiram's death in 1831. The firm was taken over by the foreman Lorenzo Williams and a former apprentice Samuel Simpson after Charles' death in 1835. Williams and Simpson ran the company as partners for one year before Simpson took over. He sold it in 1845 to John Munson. Hiram and Charles hired Thomas Derby, to whom the young Josiah Danforth had confided the family's secret formula for britannia, in about 1820. Also see Parties notes for Henry, Samuel and William (Jr) Yale. For more on Hiram Yale's marks, see Kauffman, The American Pewterers (1970), p.153; Mongtomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.229; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter, 1957, p.190; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.146; and C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks, 1949, p.288. See also John Carl Thomas, Connecticut Pewter and Pewterers, 1976, p.167-171 and Laughlin, Pewter in America, vol.1, p.130-133 and vol.3, p.87.

Place of Origin

Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Date

1818-1831

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside, center; "H.YALE.- / WALLINGFORD" stamped, circle with serrated edge. Center of circle contains a pictorial device, partly effaced.

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

0.5 (H) , 8.37 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1.27 (H) , 21.27 (Diam)

Object Description

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