Basin porringer Maker: John Danforth (American, 1741–1799)

1773–95

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900
Medium

Pewter

Dimensions

2 in. (5.1 cm)
other: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)

Credit Line

Given in memory of Thomas D. Williams, B.A. 1931, by his family and friends

Accession Number

1980.53

Geography

Made in Norwich, Connecticut

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Ledlie I. Laughlin, Princeton, New Jersey; inherited by Ledlie Laughlin, Jr.; purchased by Thomas D. and Constance R. Williams, Litchfield, Conn.; purchased by William S. Carlebach, Bedford, New York. Gift in 1980 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 115, ill
  • "Acquisitions 1980," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 38, no. 2 (Winter 1982), 70, ill
  • Ledlie I. Laughlin, Pewter in America: Its Makers and Their Marks, Volume III (Barre, Mass.: Barre Publishers, 1971), 64
  • Percy E. Raymond, "The Princess and The Porringer," Pewter Collectors' Club of America 3, no. 2 (May 1953), 29–30, ill
  • Ledlie I. Laughlin, Pewter in America: Its Makers and Their Marks, 2 vols. (Boston: Barre Publishers, 1940), 106, pl. 12, 51, fig. 63, 357a
  • Ledlie I. Laughlin, "The American Pewter Porringer," Antiques 17, no. 5 (May 1930), 438, fig. 5b
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

porringers

Marks

"L357a" struck in shield on upper side of handle

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