Object Number 1957.0827 A, B

Object Name

Bowl and cover (Sugar bowl)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Joseph Richardson Jr. (Maker)
1752-1831
Bibliography: Martha Gandy Fales, Joseph Richardson and Family: Philadelphia Silversmiths (1974); Richardson family papers, Downs Collection, Winterthur Library.

Place of Origin

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

Date

1790-1801

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Base, underside, in corner; "J·R" stamped in a rectangle
2. Mark; Base, underside, in corner; "J·R" stamped in a rectangle
3. Inscription; Body, exterior side; "AE" engraved
4. Inscription; Base, underside; "OZ / 17 [~]" incised

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Wrought, Cast, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

10.551 (H) , 4.449 (L) , 4.409 (W) , 18.3425 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

26.8 (H) , 11.3 (L) , 11.2 (W) , 520 (Weight)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published:pp. 429-430, no. 446 a-s
[Book] Kauffman, Henry J. 1969 The Colonial Silversmith: His Techniques & His Products.
• Published: p. 133.
[Book] Fales, Martha Gandy. 1973 Early American Silver.
• Published: p. 147, fig. no. 136
[Book] Fales, Martha Gandy. 1974 Joseph Richardson and Family: Philadelphia Silversmiths.
• Published: fig. 166
[Article] Fennimore, Donald L. 1983 Joseph Richardson, Junior, Tea and Coffee Set. Silver Magazine. 16 (6)
• Published: p. 20-21
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on the maker and examples of marks, pp. 357-358.
[Book] Ensko, Stephen G. C. 1948 American Silversmiths and Their Marks III. 285 p.
• Information on maker and examples of marks, p. 210.
[Book] Fales, Martha Gandy. 1974 Joseph Richardson and Family: Philadelphia Silversmiths.
• Information on the Richardson family of Philadelphia.