Peter Krider
Tumbler

MakerAmerican, 1821–1895
RetailerPhiladelphia, 1856–1868
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Tumbler
Datec. 1856–1861
Made inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumSilver
Dimensions3 7/16 × 3 in. diameter (8.7 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Mrs. Albert Bel Fay
Object numberB.87.13
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Metals Study Room
Exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Silversmiths often looked to the work of their predecessors and contemporaries as sources for their own design. This practice is evidenced by Krider’s tumbler with its distinctive foot and lip, which is the prototype for B.87.14.

Technical notes: The body is a seamed construction. The borders are handworked rather than die-rolled, which is more typical of this date. This tumbler and B.87.14 were studied using  nondestructive energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis; the results are on file at Bayou Bend. 

Related examples:  This is one of a pair; the mate remains in the donor's family.

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[Wiggens & Warden, Philadelphia]; Mrs. Albert Bel Fay, Houston; given to MFAH, 1987.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved on side: JMH [John Miller Haden]
Incuse on base: WRIGGENS & WARDEN; 5th & CHESTNUT STS[TS underlined and superscript] [in an arch]; PHILADA[A superscript] [within the banner]; standard; *P.L.K.*

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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