Metals
Gershom Jones (Maker)
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, North America
1774-1785
Pewter
Cast
1953.0155.012
Object Number1953.0155.012 |
Plate
Metals
Gift of Charles K. Davis
Gershom Jones (Maker)
1751-05/06/1809
Gershom Jones apprenticed with John Danforth, probably from about 1765 to 1772. In 1774, Jones started a business with Samuel Hamlin, which lasted until 1781. In 1784 Jones advertised "at the sign of the Pewter Platter near Mr. Jacob Whitman's Hay Scales", and he later moved to the corner of Westminster and Pleasant Streets. In 1806 he entered into business with his sons James and Samuel, but this only lasted a few months.
For more on Gershom Jones's marks, see Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.134-135; Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.223; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.115-117; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.262; and Kauffman, The American Pewterer (1970), p.145. See also John Carl Thomas, Connecticut Pewter and Pewterers (1976), p.78-79 and Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.1, p.97-98 and vol.3, p.57-58.
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, North America
1774-1785
1. Mark; Underside, center, left; "[ ]SHOM" above a lion and columns, stamped
2. Mark; Underside, center, right; "IONES" below a lion and columns, stamped
3. Mark; Underside, center, below; "GI" in square, stamped
4. Mark; Underside, center, below; Animal's (lion?) head in square, stamped
5. Mark; Underside, center, below; Seated Britannia in square, stamped
6. Mark; Underside, center, below; Upright dagger in square, stamped
Pewter
Cast
0.75 (H) , 8.31 (Diam)
1.905 (H) , 21.107 (Diam)
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