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Monteith
1680-1720
Category
Metals
Place of Origin
Netherlands or United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Brass
Museum Object Number
1959.2564
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.2564
Object Name
Monteith
Category
Metals
Place of Origin
Netherlands or United Kingdom; Europe
Origin Notes
Proably English. (See Notes.)
Date
1680-1720
Materials
- Brass
Dimensions (inches)
9.488 (H) x 15.866 (W) x 18.307 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
24.1 (H) x 40.3 (W) x 46.5 (L)
Measurement Notes
SRAL alloy analysis: Copper 71.03 %; Zinc 24.22%; Lead 3.23%; Tin 0.70%; Iron 0.53%; Silver 0.19%.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat. no. 42, p. 114.Book: Gentle, Rupert & Feild, Rachael. 1975 English Domestic Brass 1680-1810 and the History of its Origins.
• Published: p.168-9, fig.236Book: Gentle, Rupert, et al. 1994 Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820.
• Published: p.320, fig.7Article: McNab, Jessie. 08//1962 Monteiths: English, American, Continental. Antiques. 156-160.
• General discussion of monteiths in broad range of materialsArticle: McNab, Jessie. 08//1962 Monteiths: English, American, Continental. Antiques. 156-160.
• General discussion of monteiths in broad range of materials