Object Number 1960.0998

Object Name

Basin (Bowl)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Joseph Danforth Jr. (Maker)
03/14/1783-11/11/1844
Joseph Danforth Jr was the great-grandson of Thomas I; grandson of Thomas II; son of Joseph Sr; newphew of Thomas III, Edward, Jonathan, and Samuel (of Middletown); cousing to Josiah; great-nephew of John (of Norwich). Nineteen members of the Danforth family, spread over five generations, became invovled with manufacturing pewter or britannia. Joseph Jr probably trained with his uncle William, starting in about 1797, and possibly was involved with Thomas III early on. By 1807 Joseph Jr was in Richmond, Virginia, where he worked until his death. For more on Joseph Danforth Jr's marks, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.67; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.249; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.128-130; Kauffman, The American Pewterer (1970), p.138; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.219. See also John Carl Thomas, Connecticut Pewter and Pewterers (1976), p.50-145 and Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.3, p.72.

Place of Origin

Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Date

1780-1788

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Interior, center; "JOS" in a banner at the top with a trace of a rampant lion and a fluted column at left with "DAN" in a banner at the bottom, all stamped and partially effaced.

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

2.677 (H) , 12.047 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

6.8 (H) , 30.6 (Diam)

Object Description

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