Object Number 1987.0095

Object Name

Porringer

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland

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

1767-1801

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, topside center; "HAMLIN" with an eagle, all within a circle, stamped

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

1.4 (H) , 6.125 (W) , 4.125 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3.556 (H) , 15.558 (W) , 10.478 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

The diameter is of the bowl rim.

Object Description

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