Edward Danforth
Beaker

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Beaker
Datec. 1786–1800
Made inHartford, Connecticut, United States
MediumPewter
Dimensions5 1/8 × 3 1/2 in. diameter (13 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.60.61
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Murphy Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

The tall beakers stamped by Edward Danforth are among the most noble American interpretations of this simple drinking vessel. By the early nineteenth century the form began to diminish in height, and occasionally a handle was introduced. As production methods improved, reflecting the use of new alloys and technology, examples were either fashioned of seamed sheet metal or by spinning.

Related examples: Montgomery 1939, p. 120; Herr 1982, p. 201.

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[Whimsy Antiques, Arlington, Vermont]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1960; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscriptions]
On inside bottom: mark of Edward Danforth [Laughlin 1940, nol. I, pl. LIV, no. 389]

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Beaker
Thomas Danforth, III
c. 1777–1818
Pewter
B.60.62
Plate
Joseph Danforth, Sr.
c. 1779
Pewter
B.2006.16
Porringer
Samuel Danforth
c. 1795–1816
Pewter
B.58.97
Porringer
Thomas Danforth Boardman
c. 1810–1830
Pewter
B.58.99
Saucer
Thomas Danforth, III
c. 1777–1820
Pewter
B.60.73
Plate
John Danforth
c. 1762–1793
Pewter
B.60.74
Dish
Thomas Danforth, II
c. 1755–1782
Pewter
B.60.71
Saucer
Thomas Danforth, III
c. 1777–1820
Pewter
B.60.76
Cann
Joseph Danforth, Sr.
c. 1779–1788
Pewter
B.60.65
Cann
Joseph Danforth, Sr.
c. 1779–1788
Pewter
B.60.66
Porringer
Thomas Danforth Boardman
c. 1810–1830
Pewter
B.56.186.1
Cann
Thomas Danforth, II
c. 1755–1818
Pewter
B.69.25