1965.1541 Pewter porringer
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Porringer

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Samuel E. Hamlin Jr. (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Providence, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1801-1856

  • Materials:

    Pewter

  • Techniques:

    Cast

  • Museum Object Number:

    1965.1541


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1965.1541

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, New England, United States, North America

Date

1801-1856

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, top side center; "HAMLIN" in a banderole above an eagle and anchor, stamped

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

1.125 (H) , 5.375 (W) , 3.752 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.857 (H) , 13.652 (W) , 9.53 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

The diameter is of the bowl rim.

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
Published: fig. 9-1, pp.146-147