Lamp

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    James Baker Woodbury (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1830-1838

  • Materials:

    Britannia metal; Pewter

  • Techniques:

    Cast

  • Museum Object Number:

    1956.0046.006


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1956.0046.006

Object Name

Lamp

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles K. Davis

Creator (Role)

James Baker Woodbury (Maker)
10/03/1805-1873
See records for Oren Colton and Woodbury & Colton. For examples of J.B. Woodbury's marks, see C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), pp.246, 286-288; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.189; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.145; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.229. See also J.B. Kerfoot, American Pewter (1942), p.61, 185 and Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.2, p.118 and vol.3, p.195.

Place of Origin

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

Date

1830-1838

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside of base, at bottom of shaft; "J.B.WOODBURY" with an eagle and stars, all within a circle, stamped

Materials

Britannia metal; Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

8.5 (H) , 3.752 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21.59 (H) , 9.53 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
Published: fig. 5-8, pp. 98