Thomas Danforth, III
Saucer

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Saucer
Datec. 1777–1820
Possible placeMiddletown, Connecticut, United States
Possible placeStepney, Connecticut, United States
Possible placePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumPewter
Dimensions3/4 × 6 1/4 in. diameter (1.9 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.60.76
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Murphy Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

The smallest plate is defined as no less than 6 1/2 inches in diameter; anything smaller is described in the period as a saucer, although its specific purpose is not known at present.

Related examples: Kernan, Ross, and Eilers 1969, pp. 15, 47, no. 13; Montgomery 1978, p. 292; Krile 1989, p. 13, no. 14.

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
[no inscriptions]
On underside: mark of Thomas Danforth, III [Laughlin 1940, nol. I, pl. LIII, no. 368]

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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Saucer
Thomas Danforth, III
c. 1777–1820
Pewter
B.60.73
Beaker
Thomas Danforth, III
c. 1777–1818
Pewter
B.60.62
Porringer
Thomas Danforth Boardman
c. 1810–1830
Pewter
B.56.186.1
Cann
Thomas Danforth, II
c. 1755–1818
Pewter
B.69.25
Porringer
Thomas Danforth Boardman
c. 1810–1830
Pewter
B.58.99
Dish
Thomas Danforth, II
c. 1755–1782
Pewter
B.60.71
Beaker
Edward Danforth
c. 1786–1800
Pewter
B.60.61
Cann
Joseph Danforth, Sr.
c. 1779–1788
Pewter
B.60.65
Cann
Joseph Danforth, Sr.
c. 1779–1788
Pewter
B.60.66
Plate
Joseph Danforth, Sr.
c. 1779
Pewter
B.2006.16
Porringer
Samuel Danforth
c. 1795–1816
Pewter
B.58.97
Plate
John Danforth
c. 1762–1793
Pewter
B.60.74