1960.1133 Pewter tankard
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Tankard

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Benjamin Day (Probable maker)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1744-1757

  • Materials:

    Pewter

  • Techniques:

    Cast

  • Museum Object Number:

    1960.1133


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Object Number

1960.1133

Object Name

Tankard

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Benjamin Day (Probable maker)
c.1706-1757
The first reference to Benjamin Day in Newport records as a pewterer is in 1744. For additional information on attribution issues between Benjamin Day and Benjamin Dolbeare of Boston, see Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.1, pp.88-89 and vol 3, pp.50-51; Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.121. For more on Benjamin Day's marks, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.84; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.252; Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.220; Kauffman, The American Pewterer (1970), p.140. See also Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.130.

Place of Origin

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

Date

1744-1757

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Interior, base; "BD" stamped in an octagon.
2. Mark; Interior, base; The quality mark "X" is stamped incuse in a Roman capital.

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

7.795 (H) , 7.48 (W) , 5 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

19.8 (H) , 19 (W) , 12.7 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Diameter is of the base.

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
Published: fig. 6-21, p. 120-121