John A. Brunstrom
Basin

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Basin
Datec. 1781–1793
Made inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumPewter
Dimensions1 3/4 × 6 11/16 in. diameter (4.4 × 17 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.60.81
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Folk Art Room
Exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Throughout the eighteenth century, London pewter was synonymous with the finest quality and enjoyed an international reputation. Some provincial English, American, and even Continental craftsmen, seeking to further their own business, stamped their work “London.” Perhaps this was done to suggest their wares were comparable with London pewter, or possibly it was an attempt to pass off their work as an English product.

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.


Provenance[Thomas D. and Constance R. Williams, Litchfield, Connecticut]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1960; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscriptions]
Inside bottom: attributed mark of John A. Brunstrom, Philadelphia, 1781–1793 [Laughlin 1971, pl. CIX, nos. 868,869]

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