Metals
Elias Pelletreau (Inspiration for fake)
Silver
2019.0041.197
Object Number2019.0041.197 |
Porringer
Metals
Gift of Wunsch Americana Foundation
Elias Pelletreau (Inspiration for fake)
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.
1. Mark; ; EP
Silver
10.5822 (Weight)
300 (Weight)
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