Three Beakers Maker: Charles Brewer (American, 1778–1860)

1821

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
other (Lip): 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
base: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1931.351a-c

Geography

Made in Middletown, Connecticut

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Originally owned by Levi Parmelee; Congregational Church, Durham, CT; Francis P. Garvan, New York, 1931; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Peter J. Bohan and Philip H. Hammerslough, Early Connecticut Silver 1700–1840 (Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2007), 202, pl. 172, ill
  • Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 1, p. 260, no. 425
  • E. Alfred Jones, The Old Silver of American Churches (Letchworth, England: National Society of Colonial Dames of America, 1913), 155
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

beakers (drinking vessels)

Marks

"C. BREWER" in serrated rectangle on bottom

Inscriptions

"Given by Mr. Levi Parmalee / To / the Church in Durham / 1821" in script

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