Metals
Hiram Yale (Maker)
Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
1820-1831
Pewter; Britannia metal
Cast
1968.0602.001
Object Number1968.0602.001 |
Flower container (Vase)
Metals
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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.
Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
1820-1831
1. Mark; Interior, base, at center; "H. YALE / & Co / WALL" stamped incuse with the upper and lower lines curved.
Pewter; Britannia metal
Cast
6.299 (H) , 6.496 (W)
16 (H) , 16.5 (W)
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