Object Number 1965.2494

Object Name

Plate

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Peter Young (Maker)
1749-1813
Peter Young married Eva Moore in 1785. He bought property on Columbia Street, Albany in 1792 but he lost his house and barn in the fire of Albany on August 4, 1797. Laughlin believes that Young did not resume his practice after that event (p.23). For more on Peter Young's marks, see C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks, section 2, p.289; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter, 1942, p.194-5; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.146; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.229. See also Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), p.22-23.

Place of Origin

Albany or New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

New York City or Albany (Montgomery, 1978, 138).

Date

1775-1795

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside of base; "PY" stamped under a crowned rose, within a low-arched rectangle with a beaded border.
2. Mark; Underside of base; "PY" stamped under a crowned rose, within a low-arched rectangle with a beaded border.
3. Mark ; Underside of base; Rampant lion stamped in rectangle.
4. Mark ; Underside of base; Flower stamped in rectangle.
5. Mark ; Underside of base; Bird stamped in rectangle.
6. Mark ; Underside of base; Trace of a mark stamped in rectangle.
7. Inscription; Underside of base, above maker's mark; "MVSV" scratched in capitals.

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

0.984 (H) , 8.858 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.5 (H) , 22.5 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
• Published: fig. 8-5 (3 views), pp. 137-138