Object Number 1953.0037.008

Object Name

Egg cup

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles F. Montgomery

Creator (Role)

Israel Trask (Inspiration for fake)
10/24/1786-1867
Brother of Oliver Trask. Laughin states that Isreal Trask was apprenticed to John W. Ellingwood, a silversmith. Trask bought out Ellingwood's stock in trade in 1807. He was one of the first to begin working with britannia, in 1813 (Laughlin edits his own and Kerfoot's earlier date of 1825 for the beginning of britannia manufacture in volume 3, p.192). Trask's training as a silversmith are apparent in designs and decorations on his pewter. Trask might also be associated with Philip Lee (Laughlin, Pewter in America, 1981, vol.2, pp.114-115; vol.3, pp.191-193). Trask is particularly known for his so-called "lighthouse" teapots. He may have trained his younger brother, Oliver. For more on Israel Trask's marks, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), pp.169-171; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.280; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.143; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.227. See also J.B. Kerfoot, American Pewter (1942), pp.148-150.

Place of Origin

Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1812-1950

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; "I.TRASK" stamped in rectangle.

Materials

Pewter; Britannia metal

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

2.677 (H) , 2.559 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

6.8 (H) , 6.5 (Diam)

Object Description

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