Maker
Joseph Danforth, Sr.(American, 1758–1788)American, 1758–1788
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Cann
Datec. 1779–1788
Made inMiddletown, Connecticut, United States
MediumPewter
Dimensions5 7/8 × 4 3/4 × 7 in. (14.9 × 12.1 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.60.65
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Murphy Room
On view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
This quart can, along with two others in the collection bearing the mark of Thomas Danforth, II, Thomas Danforth, III, or Jacob Whitmore, were produced at various times from a common set of molds (see B.64.27).
Related examples: Hood 1965, pp. 18–19, nos. 40, 42.
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[Thomas D. and Constance R. Williams, Litchfield, Connecticut]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1960; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved on underside: WLL
Left of handle: mark of Joseph Danforth, Middletown, 1780–1788 [Laughlin 1940, vol. I, pl. LIII, no. 374]
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