1966.0114 Porringer, view 1
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Porringer

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Elias Pelletreau (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Southampton, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1750-1775

  • Materials:

    Silver

  • Techniques:

    Engraved, Cut, Wrought, Pierced

  • Museum Object Number:

    1966.0114


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1966.0114

Object Name

Porringer

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Elias Pelletreau (Maker)
May 31, 1726-November 10, 1810
As per Flynt & Fales, Heritage Foundation Collection, pp. 296-297: Elias Pelletreau was the son of a merchant, Francis and Jane (Osborne) Pelletreau. His mother died when he was eight and his father died when he was eleven. His stepmother, Mary Pelletreau, married Hugh Gelston, a business associate of his father. Between 1748-50 Elias married Sarah Gelston, his stepsister, who died in 1784. He remarried two more times. Elias Pelletreau was a Lieutenant in the militia in 1761 and a Captain in 1765. (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 10/22/2010) See Also: Margaret Hofer, Stories in Sterling: Four Centuries of Silver in New York, (New York Historical Society, 2011), pp. 74-75.

Place of Origin

Southampton, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

As per previous cataloguer: Origin may be Southampton, L.I.

Date

1750-1775

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Exterior, upper rim, left of handle; "EP" stamped in a rectangle
2. Mark; Exterior, upper rim, right of handle; "EP" stamped in a rectangle
3. Inscription; Handle, upper surface; "P*H" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved, Cut, Wrought, Pierced

Dimensions (inches)

2.205 (H) , 6.85 (L) , 4.803 (W) , 7.5486 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

5.6 (H) , 17.4 (L) , 12.2 (W) , 214 (Weight)

Measurement Notes

6 oz. 17 dwt. 5 gr. troy. XRF analysis indicates silver of the pre-modern era with an alloy having a silver range from 90.0-92.7 with gold from 0.09-0.11. [Quimby, p. 275]

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
Published: p. 275, no. 238
[Catalogue] Failey, Dean. 1976 Long Island is My Nation.
Possible mate: No. 244.