Object Number 1959.2514

Object Name

Tankard

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Elias Pelletreau (Maker)
May 31, 1726-November 10, 1810
As per Flynt & Fales, Heritage Foundation Collection, pp. 296-297: Elias Pelletreau was the son of a merchant, Francis and Jane (Osborne) Pelletreau. His mother died when he was eight and his father died when he was eleven. His stepmother, Mary Pelletreau, married Hugh Gelston, a business associate of his father. Between 1748-50 Elias married Sarah Gelston, his stepsister, who died in 1784. He remarried two more times. Elias Pelletreau was a Lieutenant in the militia in 1761 and a Captain in 1765. (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 10/22/2010) See Also: Margaret Hofer, Stories in Sterling: Four Centuries of Silver in New York, (New York Historical Society, 2011), pp. 74-75.

Place of Origin

Southampton, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1760-1775

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; "E*P" in rectangle, stamped over center punch
2. Inscription; Underside; "C / W * E", engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Wrought

Dimensions (inches)

4.75 (H) , 5.1 (W) , 3.5 (Diam) , 9.87 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.07 (H) , 13 (W) , 8.89 (Diam) , 279.9 (Weight)

Measurement Notes

Weight: 8 oz. 19 dwt. troy XRF analysis indicates silver of the pre-modern era with an alloy having a silver range from 90.7-91.5 and 95.5 on the underside. [Quimby, p. 274]

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 274, no. 237
[Book] Kauffman, Henry J. 1969 The Colonial Silversmith: His Techniques & His Products.
• Published: p. 111.
[Catalogue] 1959 Elias Pelletreau: Long Island Silversmith.
• Published: Fig. 70.