Basin Maker: Samuel Ely Hamlin (American, 1774–1864)

1801–56

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Pewter

Dimensions

3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
rim: 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell in memory of her husband

Accession Number

1978.27.1

Geography

Made in Providence, Rhode Island

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Ledlie I. Laughlin, Princton, New Jersey; purchased from Laughlin's estate through Thomas D. and Constance R. Williams, Litchfield, Conn, to 1978; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 1978," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 37, no. 2 (Summer 1979), 61
  • Ledlie I. Laughlin, Pewter in America: Its Makers and Their Marks, 2 vols. (Boston: Barre Publishers, 1940), n.p., pl. 9, fig. 44
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

basins

Marks

L338 struck on inside bottom (published in Laughlin as L337)

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