1958.0677 Pewter porringer
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Porringer

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Samuel E. Hamlin Jr. (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Providence, Rhode Island, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1794-1801

  • Materials:

    Pewter

  • Techniques:

    Cast

  • Museum Object Number:

    1958.0677


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Object Number

1958.0677

Object Name

Porringer

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Samuel E. Hamlin Jr. (Maker)
1774-04/14/1864
Samuel Ely Hamlin worked in his father Samuel Hamlin Sr's shop until the elder's death, and the son probably used his father's marks except a rose mark (Montgomery, History of American Pewter, p.222 and Laughlin, Pewter in America, vol.1, p.96). In 1811 Hamlin advertised that he now offered britannia wares in addition to pewter. After 1841, he was listed only as a maker of britannia. For ten years (1828-1838), the pewterer James M. Warner was listed at the same address as Hamlin Jr, suggesting that Warner was employed by Hamlin. For more on Samuel Hamlin Jr's marks, see C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.259; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.133; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.106; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.222. See also Laughlin, Pewter in America, vol.1, p.96-97 and vol.3, p.104 and Kauffman, The American Pewterer, p. 13, which reproduces an advertisement for S. E. Hamlin in the Providence, (RI) Gazetter from 1809.

Place of Origin

Providence, Rhode Island, United States, North America

Date

1794-1801

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Upper surface of handle; "HAM[ ]" with an eagle and stars, all within a circle, stamped

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

2.126 (H) , 7.752 (W) , 5.374 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

5.4 (H) , 19.69 (W) , 13.65 (Diam)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
Published: fig. 9-1 and 9-2 (handle bracket), pp.146-148