Maker
Johann Christoph Heyne(American, born Germany, 1715–1781)American, 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 Caroline Wiess Law Building
200 Brown Gallery
On view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
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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