Johann Christoph Heyne
Chalice

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Maker Johann Christoph HeyneAmerican, born Germany, 1715–1781

CultureAmerican

Titles

Chalice

Datec. 1754–1780

Made inLancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

MediumPewter

Dimensions8 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. diameter (22.2 × 11.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Lynne and E. Joseph Hudson, Jr., at "One Great Night in November, 2019"

Object numberB.2019.5

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

106 Cameron Gallery

On view

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

METALWORK

DescriptionJohann Christoph Heyne was born in Saxony,
where he served his apprenticeship as a pewterer. He worked in Sweden before settling
in the Moravian community at Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania. Originating in 15th-century
Bohemia and Moravia in eastern Europe, the
Moravians were a pre-Reformation sect that
followed the teachings of priest and reformer
Jan Hus. In 1741, a group of Moravians established the Bethlehem settlement, one of several
religious groups attracted by the colony’s
relatively tolerant policies. Much of Heyne’s
pewter was made for ecclesiastical purposes.
His chalices, with their bold profiles and
pleasing proportions, are unequalled in early
American pewter.
ProvenanceDr. Robert Mallory III (c. 1935–2001), Rye, New York; Estate of Dr. Robert Mallory III; consigned to [Greenwich Fine Arts Auction Associates, Bronxville, New York, June 16–17, 2001]; purchased by [Dr. Donald M. Herr, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 2001]; purchased by [Bette and Melvyn Wolf, Flint, Michigan]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
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