Object Number 1979.0128 A, B

Object Name

Coffee pot

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. Henry J. Kauffman

Creator (Role)

Eben Smith (Maker)
1814-1856
Smith may have originally practiced the craft of cabinetmaking before becoming a pewterer. He apparently trained in the latter craft in the shop of Israel Trask (Laughlin, p.113). For more on Eben Smith's marks, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.162; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.278; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.141; and Montgomery, History of American Petwer (1973), p.227. See also J.B. Kerfoot, American Pewter (1942), p.150.

Place of Origin

Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1814-1830

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside of base; "E. SMITH" stamped in a serrated rectangle.

Materials

Pewter; Wood; Tinned sheet iron

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

10.236 (H) , 9.449 (W) , 5.433 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

26 (H) , 24 (W) , 13.8 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Diameter is of base.

Object Description

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