Isaac Jackson
Porringer

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MakerAttributed to Isaac JacksonAmerican, 1734–1807, active Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1762–1807

Makeror Robert Porter American, d. 1785, active Chester County, Pennsylvania, c. 1780–1785

CultureAmerican

Titles

Porringer

Datec. 1770–1807

Made inPennsylvania, United States

MediumPewter

Dimensions2 1/16 × 7 × 5 1/4 in. (5.2 × 17.8 × 13.3 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.53.1.5

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Folk Art Room

On view

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

METALWORK

Description

In most instances American pewterers’ work parallels the designs and techniques employed by British craftsmen, yet on occasion Continental influences are perceptible. The tab-handle porringer is an excellent example; unknown in England, it is a product of Pennsylvania's immigrant German culture. The simple design and unusual construction of casting basin and handle as a single unit are unique in American pewter.

Technical notes: The handle and bowl are cast in a single two-part mold.

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.

ProvenanceT. Van C. Phillips, West Chester, Pennsylvania; [Charlotte and Edgar Sittig, Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania]; [John S. Walton, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1953; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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Incuse, top of handle: 1682

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