Posnet

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Lawrence Langworthy (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Newport, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1730-1739

  • Materials:

    Bronze

  • Techniques:

    Cast

  • Museum Object Number:

    1960.0921


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1960.0921

Object Name

Posnet

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Lawrence Langworthy (Maker)
1692-10/19/1739
Lawrence Langworthy is the earliest pewter-maker of verified record. He became a freeman in 1735, though he lived in Newport, Rhode Island as early as May, 1731. Pieces with the initials "LL" have been attributed to Langworthy on the grounds that no other pewterer with those initials is known in either England or America (Laughlin, vol.1, p.87-88 and vol.3, p.49). For more on Lawrence Langworthy's marks, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.122-123 and Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.135. See also C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.265 and Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.1, p.87-88 and vol.3, p.49.

Place of Origin

Newport, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America

Date

1730-1739

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; Handle; "LL·NEWPORT", cast in raised capitals

Materials

Bronze

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

10.866 (H) , 20.236 (L) , 9.488 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

27.6 (H) , 51.4 (L) , 24.1 (Diam)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
Published: cat. no. 3 b, p. 70.
[Article] Fennimore, Donald L. 05//1975 "Metalwork". American Art Journal. 7 (1): 93-106.
Published: p. 99.
[Book] Schiffer, Nancy N., et al. 1978 The Brass Book: American, English and European, Fifteenth Century through 1850.
Published: p.335, fig.A
[Book] Barons, Richard I. 1976 The American Hearth.
Published: fig. 74.