Dish

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    William Calder (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1817-1840

  • Materials:

    Pewter

  • Techniques:

    Cast

  • Museum Object Number:

    1965.1460


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1965.1460

Object Name

Dish

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

William Calder (Maker)
07/18/1792-12/05/1856
William Calder apprenticed with Samuel E. Hamlin Jr in his native Providence before working in Philadelphia for a year. Calder was back in Providence by 1817 at the latest, at which point he purchased molds from Josiah Keene and opened his own shop. Charles Plumly worked as a journeyman for Calder in Providence in 1829. For more on William Calder's marks, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.53; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.126; Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.218; Kauffman, The American Pewter (1970), p136; and C. Jacob Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.244. See also Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vo.1, p.100-102; J.B. Kerfoot, American Pewter (1942), p.135.

Place of Origin

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

Date

1817-1840

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside, base; "CALDER" above and "PROVID" below with an American eagle at the center directed toward the viewer's left with outstretched wings all stamped in a serrated circle.

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

1.063 (H) , 11.417 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.7 (H) , 29 (Diam)

Object Description

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