Metals
George Lightner (Maker)
Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1930-1950
Pewter
Cast
1956.0059.019
Object Number1956.0059.019 |
Dish (Charger)
Metals
Gift of Joseph France
George Lightner (Maker)
1749-01/26/1815
George Lightner first appeared in Baltimore records on a deed dated 1791 in which he was mentioned as a tavern keeper. In 1806 he advertised as a "Tin and Pewter Manufactory" on North Street, Old Town, near the Hay Scales in Baltimore (Laughlin, p.78-79).
For more on George Lightner's marks, see C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.265; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.128; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.136; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.224. See also J.B. Kerfoot, American Pewter (1942), p.113 and Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.2, p.78-79.
Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Europe or United States per previous cataloguer (2006).
1930-1950
1. Mark; Underside; "LIG / TIMOR" with an American eagle stamped in a circle with a barbed edge. Partially effaced.
2. Mark ; Underside; "L / BA TIMO" with an American eagle stamped in a circle with a barbed edge. Partially effaced.
3. Mark; Underside; "PEWTER" stamped incuse in block capitals.
Pewter
Cast
0.866 (H) , 11.614 (Diam)
2.2 (H) , 29.5 (Diam)
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