Metals
Stephen Barns (Maker)
Middletown, Connecticut, United States, North America
1791-1800
Pewter
1965.1458
Object Number1965.1458 |
Plate
Metals
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Stephen Barns (Maker)
02//1777
Stephen Barns may have trained with William Danforth and worked for him at the completion of his apprenticeship.
For more on Stephen Barns's mark, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.29; Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.215; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.122; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.238; and Kauffman, The American Pewterer (1970), p.132. See also John Carl Thomas, Connecticut Pewter and Pewterers (1976), p.162-163.
Middletown, Connecticut, United States, North America
Possible origin Wallingford, Connecticut per previous cataloguer (2006).
1791-1800
1. Mark; Underside of well, left; "[ ]EN" above and "B[ ]" below in curved rectangles, with an eagle at center, stamped
2. Mark; Underside of well, right; "B[ ]R[ ]S." below an eagle, all within a rectangle, stamped
Pewter
1 (H) , 8.752 (Diam)
2.54 (H) , 22.23 (Diam)
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