Isaac Jackson
Porringer

MakerAmerican, 1734–1807, active Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1762–1807
MakerAmerican, d. 1785, active Chester County, Pennsylvania, c. 1780–1785
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Porringer
Datec. 1770–1807
Made inPennsylvania, United States
MediumPewter
Dimensions2 1/16 × 7 × 5 1/4 in. (5.2 × 17.8 × 13.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.53.1.5
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Folk Art Room
Exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

In most instances American pewterers’ work parallels the designs and techniques employed by British craftsmen, yet on occasion Continental influences are perceptible. The tab-handle porringer is an excellent example; unknown in England, it is a product of Pennsylvania's immigrant German culture. The simple design and unusual construction of casting basin and handle as a single unit are unique in American pewter.

Technical notes: The handle and bowl are cast in a single two-part mold.

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.


ProvenanceT. Van C. Phillips, West Chester, Pennsylvania; [Charlotte and Edgar Sittig, Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania]; [John S. Walton, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1953; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscriptions]
Incuse, top of handle: 1682

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