Object Number 1966.1177

Object Name

Pitcher (Ewer)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Daniel Curtiss (Maker)
1799-September 1872
Daniel Curtiss is listed in the Albany city directories as a fancy pewterer begining in 1822. In 1843 his advertising indicated that he would work in cast iron, brass, and composition castings. Curtiss seems to have stopped making pewter in 1850, though he continued as a bell-founder until his death. Curtiss was born in 1799 or 1800. For more on Daniel Curtiss's marks, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.59; Kauffman, The American Pewterer (1970), p.137; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.127; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.248; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.219. See also, Laughlin, Pewter in America (1973), vol.1, p.32-33 and p.100; J.B. Kerfoot, American Pewter (1942), p.132.

Place of Origin

Albany, Albany, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1822-1840

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside of base; "D. CURTISS" stamped in a curved tapered banner. The mark is partially effaced.

Materials

Pewter; Britannia metal

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

9.331 (H) , 10.63 (W) , 5.2 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

23.7 (H) , 27 (W) , 13.2 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Diameter is of base.

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
• Published: fig. 7-6, pp. 130-131