Object Number 1969.0784

Object Name

Nutcracker

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Michael Wither (Possible maker)
1733-1821

Place of Origin

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Probably made in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Fennimore, 2004, 220).

Date

1750-1850

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Handle, outer sides; "ELIZABETH / WITHER" engraved in Roman capitals.
2. Inscription; Handle outer side edges; "When this / you see / Remember /me" engraved in script.

Materials

Iron; Brass

Techniques

Wrought

Dimensions (inches)

0.433 (H) , 4.252 (L) , 1.181 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1.1 (H) , 10.8 (L) , 3 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 2004 Iron at Winterthur.
• Published: pp. 220-221, cat. no. 106.
[Book] Noel Hume, Ivor. 2001 If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 200 Years of British Household Pottery.
• Toy (miniature) whiteware chamberpot with related inscription: p. 78, fig. IV.2, 19th century with printed "REMEMBER ME / WHEN THIS YOU SEE."