Maker
Samuel Ely Hamlin(American, 1774–1864, active 1801–1856)American, 1774–1864, active 1801–1856
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Porringer
Datec. 1801–1820
Made inProvidence, Rhode Island, United States
MediumPewter
Dimensions1 7/8 × 5 3/8 × 7 7/8 in. (4.8 × 13.7 × 20 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.58.98
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Murphy Room
Exposé
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
The flowered-handle porringer is one of the most pleasing designs unique to eighteenth-century America. It is likely that this pattern originated with Samuel Hamlin since he made and retailed molds; furthermore, the greatest number of these known porringers carry the mark of Hamlin or, as in this instance, of his son.
Related examples: Hood 1965, p. 15, no. 21; Fairbanks 1974, p. 57, no. 221.
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[Carl and Celia Jacobs, Southwick, Massachusetts]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1958; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscriptions]
Samuel Ely Hamlin's mark struck on the upper side of handle.
On upper side of handle: mark of Samuel Ely Hamlin [Laughlin 1940, vol. I, pl. XLIX, no. 337]
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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