Replica of “Old Stone Mill” in Newport, Rhode Island

1917–19

Lead, silver, copper, brass

3 × 2 1/2in. (7.62 × 6.35 cm)

Gift of Helen Porter Philbrick

2006.171.1

Geography:

Made in Bristol Ferry, Rhode Island, United States

Depicted Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Status:

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Culture:

American

Period:

20th century

Classification:

Models

Provenance:

Franklin Porter; by inheritance to his daughter Helen Porter Philbrick.(1910–2011), Duxbury, Mass.; by gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2006

Bibliography:

“Acquisitions, July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2007): 203.

Graham C. Boettcher, “A Family Tradition: The Silverwork of Franklin Porter and Helena Porter Philbrick,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2008): 91, fig. 2.

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