Object Number 2001.0033.083

Object Name

Peel

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Jefferson and Anne Miller Collection

Creator (Role)

Jacob Eggleston (Maker)
02/10/1773-03/19/1813
Jacob Eggleston's apprenticeship proabably started with Jacob Whitmore in about 1787. Eggleston later married Whitmore's daughter. His apprenticeship might have concluded in 1794 with Jonathan and William Danforth if Whitmore retired in the early 1790's. Eggleston may have formed a partnership with Jehiel Johnson in the first years of the nineteenth century, and then likely traveled to the south to assess business opportunities. In early 1807 he bought property in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where he seems to have worked with Daniel Bass making tin plate, pewter, and copper for wholesalers. A will from March 13, 1813 (6 days before his death), was made in Fayetteville. His net worth at the time of his death was in excess of $11,000. He left property in Middletown to his parents and the rest of his estate to his wife and children. Some of Eggleston's pewter molds were purchased by Willaim and Samuel Yale, others by William Nott. Eggleston is buried in Middletown, Connecticut. For more on Jacob Eggleston's marks, see Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.221; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.131; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.88-91; and C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.253. See also John Carl Thomas, Connecticut Pewter and Pewterers (1976), p.157-158; Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.1, p.120-121 and vol.3, p.79-80.

Place of Origin

Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Probably made in Connecticut.

Date

1790-1813

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, front, on terminal; "J.EGLESTON" stamped incuse.

Materials

Iron

Techniques

Wrought

Dimensions (inches)

56.693 (L) , 7.008 (W) , 1.25 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

144 (L) , 17.8 (W) , 3.175 (D)

Object Description

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