Maker
Samuel Hamlin (American, 1746–1801)American, 1746–1801
Makeror
Samuel Ely Hamlin (American, 1774–1864, active 1801–1856)American, 1774–1864, active 1801–1856
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Dish
Datec. 1767–1856
Possible placeMiddletown, Connecticut, United States
Possible placeHartford, Connecticut, United States
Possible placeProvidence, Rhode Island, United States
MediumPewter
Dimensions1 1/2 × 14 13/16 in. diameter (3.8 × 37.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.58.71
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Murphy Room
On view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Pewter dishes ten inches in diameter or greater were intended for serving food. In America the form was produced in round and, on occasion, oval shapes. The Hamlin dish is the largest in the museum’s collection.
Related examples: Fairbanks 1974, p. no, no. 219.
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[George Abraham and Gilbert May, West Granville, Massachusetts]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1958; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscriptions]
On underside: mark of Samuel Hamlin, Providence, 1771–1801; same mark probably used by his son, Samuel E. Hamlin, 1801–1856 [Laughlin 1940, vol. I, pl. XLIX, nos. 330 [double struck], 331]
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