RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
Porringer
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: porringer
date made: late 18th or early 19th century
1770 - 1780
place made: United States: New England
United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Physical Description: pewter (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2 in x 7 7/8 in x 5 3/8 in; 5.08 cm x 20.0025 cm x 13.6525 cm
Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
Topics: Furnishings
Food
Description: Bellied-bowl porringer with angled rim and bossed bottom; cast crown handle with triangular bracket is pierced with 11 voids and struck on top with the incuse serif letters "LB" at center of a circular shield on indistinct support flanked by bossed foliate volutes below a five-pearl (ducal) coronet with textured ground. "Mason" and "10" scratched on underside of boss. No touchmarks. Diamond or lozenge linen mark with sink hole from tinker's dam used to burn handle on to bowl. Turning marks across entire bottom underside.
DL*388320, DL*388320
Porringer
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: porringer
date made: 1800 - 1825
place made: United States: New England
place used: United States: Rhode Island, Ashaway
United States: Massachusetts, Norwood
Physical Description: pewter (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 7/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 4 3/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 16.51 cm x 11.1125 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. H. B. (Clara Babcock) Blackmar
Topics: Furnishings
Food
Description: Bellied-bowl porringer with angled rim and slightly domed bottom having a small circle stamped at center inside; cast four-hearts-and-crescent handle with triangular bracket. No touchmarks. Small sections of linen mark faintly visible. Gutter and boss are well defined with crisp turning marks on bottom underside.
Tobacco Pipe
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pipe, tobacco
Pipe; Smoking Equipment
date made: 1770 - 1820
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: pewter (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 5/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 15/16 in; 4.1275 cm x 7.3025 cm x 2.38125 cm
bowl diameter: 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm
stem diameter: 1/4 in; .635 cm
Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
Topics: metalworking
Clothing and dress
Tobacco Use
Dress accessories
Smoking
Description: Plain, socket-shank pipe having a slanted, conical bowl with slightly angled rim and slender socket for reed or wood stem that tapers towards juncture with bowl; no spur. No marks. No stem. Bowl burnt; has been smoked.
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Spoon Mold and Spoon
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: mold, spoon
spoon
date spoons DL*350026A-C cast: ca 1931
date mold made: ca 1720
maker: Shoemaker, F. D.
place mold made: United Kingdom: England
place spoon made: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Physical Description: bronze (mold material)
lead (spoon material)
Measurements: overall: 2 1/8 in x 8 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 22.225 cm x 5.3975 cm
Credit line: Gift of F. D. Shoemaker
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783)
Furnishings
Description: Two-part mold for a wavy end or dog nose type rattail spoon; registration rabbets on both sides of handle. Finished pewter spoon is glued into the female half or reverse side of the mold; it is of three spoons cast from this mold, DL*350026A-C. No marks.
Caster
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: caster
Shaker
date made: ca 1800
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: pewter (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 4 1/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 10.4775 cm x 8.255 cm
Credit line: Bequest of Dr. Joseph H. Kler
Topics: Furnishings
Food
Description: Handleless, cylindrical caster on cove-molded base with screwed-on, low-domed, perforated cover having twelve alternating lines of three and five pierced holes radiating from center; no finial. Small crescents or other shapes stamped in two rows around upper half of body and one around base. Three incised concentric circles on underside of inset flat bottom. No marks.
Close Stool Pan (Commode Pot)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pan, close stool
date made: 1770 - 1800
place made: United Kingdom: England
place used: United States: New England
Physical Description: pewter (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 7 in x 11 in; 17.78 cm x 27.94 cm
rim width: 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm
base diameter: 5 7/8 in; 14.9225 cm
Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
Topics: Household Tools and Equipment
Clothing and dress
Personal Hygiene
Dress accessories
Furnishings
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Close Stool Pan (Commode Pot)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pan, close stool
pot, commode
date made: 1770 - 1800
place made: United Kingdom: England
place used: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Physical Description: pewter (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 7 1/4 in x 11 3/4 in; 18.415 cm x 29.845 cm
rim width: 1 3/4 in; 4.445 cm
base diameter: 4 1/2 in; 11.43 cm
Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
Topics: Household Tools and Equipment
Clothing and dress
Personal Hygiene
Dress accessories
Furnishings
Description: Tapered cylindrical, handleless pot with wide, everted, single-reeded rim on an applied, molded foot ring; made to be placed in a commode chair or stool. Sets of three and two incised lines around exterior. Bottom underside is engraved with a wrigglework semicircle containing "Abram Tuckerman" in script above "BOSTON" in shaded Roman letters and a shaded "I" or the Roman numeral "II" beneath the semicircle. No marks apparent.
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Coffeepot
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coffeepot
date made: 1780-1785
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: silver (body; lid material)
wood (handle material)
Measurements: overall: 13 3/4 in x 9 in x 4 3/8 in; 34.925 cm x 22.86 cm x 11.1125 cm
Credit line: Gift of Ellen M. Davis
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Raised, double-bellied, baluster or pear-shaped teapot with a double-domed, gadrooned-edge, hinged lid topped by a cast spiral-ribbed knop on a short pedestal base with a gadroon-banded, circular foot. Body is engraved on opposite sides with "MB" in conjoined, shaded foliate script in a four-sided, ruffled C-scroll reserve and with the coat of arms of Berkeley inside an asymmetrical, C-scroll cartouche. S-curve spout is scrolled along back and has a shell, anthemion, and pendant drop on front. Spurred, S-curve handle is pinned into an upper socket with pendant shell and drop and a split-scroll lower socket with a curvilinear plate. Hole in body at spout. Underside of rounded bottom is struck twice "WH" in raised script in conforming surround above and below centerpoint (a large "X" scratched over both). Underside of foot engraved "MARY BEALE" in roman letters and "oz Dwt. / 39,,13". Part of an assembled service (coffeepot, sugar bowl and waste bowl), DL*239176, DL*239178, and DL*239179.
Maker is William Hollingshead of Philadelphia, PA; w. 1757-1785.
Coffeepot
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: teapot
date made: ca 1810
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Newburyport
Physical Description: silver (body; lid material)
wood (handle material)
Measurements: overall: 10 1/8 in x 12 7/8 in x 5 in; 25.7175 cm x 32.7025 cm x 12.7 cm
Credit line: Estate of Arthur Michael
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Raised, rounded rectangular coffeepot with a domed and flared, hinged lid on a stepped and flared pedestal base with four ball feet. Wheelwork decoration on body includes a wide band of flowers and fruits in scrolls above a leafy oval wreath on both sides engraved "Tillson" in script; additional undulating lines on lid and shoulder, drapery on top of base, and trailing leaves on the S curve spout. Applied gadrooning at rim, shoulder, bottom edge of base, and around the cylindrical sockets, which are pinned to a spurred and angled, C curve handle. Body perforated at spout. Opposite sides of base are struck incuse "MOULTON" in serif letters, while its underside is engraved "36 15". Centerpunch on underside of body. Wooden, domed rectangular finial broken; three pieces stored inside pot.
Attributed to Ebenezer Noyes Moulton (1768-1824), working in Boston, MA, circa 1789 to circa 1820, and Newburyport, circa 1820-1824. Ebenezer was from a large family of Newburyport silversmiths than spanned several generations, including his father, Joseph III (1744-1816), his grandfather William Moulton III (1720-c. 1793) and grand uncle Joseph Moulton II (1724-1795), as well as his brothers William IV (1772-1861), Enoch (1780-1820), and Abel (1784-1840), and one nephew, Joseph IV (1814-1903).
Teapot
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: teapot
date teapot made: 1772
date finial made: 1847-1848
previous owner: Pell, Alfred Duane
place made: United Kingdom: England, London
Physical Description: silver (body; lid material)
brass (hinge pin material)
wood (handle material)
Measurements: overall: 5 1/8 in x 8 7/8 in x 4 3/8 in; 13.0175 cm x 22.5425 cm x 11.1125 cm
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Cylindrical teapot with cast melon knop screwed to the hinged lid and a spurred, ear-shaped handle pinned into cylindrical sockets opposite a plain, bellied gooseneck or S curve spout. Body is made of three, vertically seamed pieces and engraved on one side with an indecipherable monogram and crest. Applied gadrooning around lid, outside edge of top, and at bottom as part of foot ring. Body perforated at spout. One finial leaf is struck with "RP / GB" in raised serif letters in a rounded square, a sovereign's head facing left in oval, and lion passant in shield; no date letter evident. Underside of flat bottom is struck with four hallmarks arranged in a triangle, "* / AL" in triangular surround at center, lion passant facing left in pointed-bottom shield above, crowned leopard's head in rounded shield at left, and a gothic or Old English "R" in clipped-corner, pointed-bottom shield to right. No centerpunch.
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Teapot
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: teapot
date made: 1805
place made: United Kingdom: England, London
place owned; place used: United States: Illinois, Albion
Physical Description: silver (body; lid material)
wood (handle material)
Measurements: overall: 6 in x 10 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in; 15.24 cm x 26.67 cm x 12.065 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Margaret Edmiston Gamon
Topics: Tea Drinking
Beverages
Furnishings
Description: Raised oblong teapot with inset, low-domed, hinged lid on short, oval foot ring. Rounded body is topped by a flat-chased, cyma-curved band featuring anthemions or palmettes flanked by reverse scrolls connected by bud-like motifs that is joined to a flared shoulder with two zigzag lines at opening; engraved double ribbons border lid and foot. Knuckled C-curve handle is pinned into tapered rectangular sockets. Body perforated at spout. Underside of flat bottom struck with five hallmarks arranged in a diamond or lozenge shape, and with an incuse "X" and dot at handle end; two hallmarks inside front of rim. Bottom underside and lid inside are also incised with several sets of letters and numbers, including "RE" in script and weight. Used with teapot stand or tray, DL.380478.
Maker is John Emes of London, England; active, 1796-1808.
Hot Water Pot
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Hot Water Pot
pot, hot water
date made: ca 1797
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
place used: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
wood (handle material)
Measurements: overall: 14 3/8 in x 11 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 36.5125 cm x 29.845 cm x 13.97 cm
Credit line: Gift of Miss Harriet A. Keen
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Large, raised circular urn-shape pot with triple-flared or -trumpeted, hinged lid topped by a large cast ball on a flared circular pedestal atop a square base with applied sides; one side of body is engraved with a large shaded foliate script "G". Beading at edges of lid, base of tall, incurved neck, top and bottom of pedestal, face and back of the S-curve spout and at tops of the cylindrical sockets, into which is pinned a C-curve handle with scrolled waterleaf. Body has one large diamond- or lozenge-shape opening at spout. Pedestal underside is incised "oz / 42 dwt / 5"; base underside is struck four times "WILLIAMSON" in raised roman letters in a rectangle. Centerpunch on underside of body. Part of a six-piece coffee and tea service, DL*037807-DL*037812.
Coffeepot
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coffeepot
date made: ca 1797
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
place used: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
wood (handle material)
Measurements: overall: 12 1/8 in x 10 3/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 30.7975 cm x 26.3525 cm x 12.065 cm
Credit line: Gift of Miss Harriet A. Keen
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Raised circular urn-shape coffeepot with double-flared or -trumpeted, hinged lid topped by a large cast ball on a flared circular pedestal atop a square base with applied sides; one side of body is engraved with a large shaded foliate script "G". Beading at edges of lid, base of short, incurved neck, top and bottom of pedestal, face and back of the upright, angular bellied S-curve spout and at tops of the cylindrical sockets, into which is pinned a C-curve handle with scrolled waterleaf. Body perforated at spout. Base underside is struck twice "WILLIAMSON" in raised roman letters in a rectangle. Centerpunch on underside of body. Part of a six-piece coffee and tea service, DL*037807-DL*037812.
Teapot
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Tea Pot
teapot
date made: ca 1797
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
place used: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
wood (handle material)
Measurements: overall: 10 7/8 in x 10 in x 4 3/8 in; 27.6225 cm x 25.4 cm x 11.1125 cm
Credit line: Gift of Miss Harriet A. Keen
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Raised circular urn-shape teapot with double-flared or -trumpeted, hinged lid topped by a large cast ball on a flared circular pedestal atop a square base with applied sides; one side of body is engraved with a large shaded foliate script "G". Beading at edges of lid, base of almost flat, incurved neck, top and bottom of pedestal, face and back of the S-curve spout and at tops of the cylindrical sockets, into which is pinned a C-curve handle with scrolled waterleaf. Body perforated at spout. Outside of base opposite monogram is struck "I•M/c/.Mullin" in raised italic roman letters in a rectangle. Inside of lid incised "oz / 22= dwt / 13". No marks on underside. Part of a six-piece coffee and tea service, DL*037807-DL*037812.
Sugar Bowl
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bowl, sugar
date made: ca 1797
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
place used: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 9 7/8 in x 4 3/8 in; 25.0825 cm x 11.1125 cm
Credit line: Gift of Miss Harriet A. Keen
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Raised circular urn-shape bowl engraved with a large shaded foliate script "G" on a flared or trumpet-shape circular pedestal atop a square base with applied sides; double-flared or -trumpeted cover is topped by a large cast ball. Beading at edges of cover, rim, and top and bottom of pedestal. Outside of base to left of monogram is struck "I•M/c/.Mullin" in raised italic roman letters in a rectangle. Underside of pedestal incised "oz 13=5". No centerpunch. Part of a six-piece coffee and tea service, DL*037807-DL*037812.
Creamer
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: creamer
date made: ca 1797
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
place used: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 5 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in; 13.0175 cm x 13.97 cm x 7.3025 cm
Credit line: Gift of Miss Harriet A. Keen
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Tapered oval cream pitcher engraved with a large shaded foliate script "G"; flat bottom, no base. Incurved neck flares to a curved rim with applied beading and wide pouring lip. High-loop, tapered C-curve strap handle extends from rim to base with lower portion rising to a sprig. Bottom underside is struck four times "I•M" in incuse roman letters arranged in a square. No centerpunch. Part of a six-piece coffee and tea service, DL*037807-DL*037812.
Waste Bowl
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bowl, waste
date made: ca 1797
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
place used: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 5 1/8 in x 6 1/2 in; 13.0175 cm x 16.51 cm
Credit line: Gift of Miss Harriet A. Keen
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Raised hemispherical bowl engraved with a large, shaded foliate script "G" on a flared or trumpet-shape circular pedestal atop a square base with applied sides. Beading at rim and at top and bottom of pedestal. Outside of base to right of monogram is struck "I•M/c/.Mullin" in raised italic roman letters in a rectangle. Underside of pedestal is incised twice "oz 12=19". No centerpunch. Part of a six-piece coffee and tea service, DL*037807-DL*037812.
Pitcher
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pitcher
date made: ca 1800
maker: Odiot, Jean Baptiste Claude
place made: France: Île-de-France, Paris
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
gold (overall material)
wood (handle material)
Measurements: overall: 9 1/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 23.1775 cm x 12.065 cm x 8.89 cm
Credit line: Gift of Colonel William E. Shipp
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Small, silver-gilt or vermeil, lidded ovoid pitcher with incurved neck and shallow curved rim on a short, flared, circular pedestal base. Applied decoration of two cast laurel wreaths and a face wearing a shell diadem and pearl or bead necklace with grapeleaves and fruit for hair on sides and front of body; die-rolled bands of pointed leaves and single buds are at base of neck, beading at top of pedestal and laurel leaves around base. Flat-chased bands of pairs of leaves encircle rim and shoulder while overlapping pointed leaves enclose bottom Conforming hinged lid is raised at pouring lip. High, spurred and tapered C-curve handle is pinned into tapered volute sockets. Three hallmarks inside lid, one below rim to left of handle, one on front of foot, and a pair on underside of base and body. Centerpunch visible.
Plate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: plate
plate
date made: 1770-1820
place made: United States: New England
United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: pewter (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 5/8 in x 7 5/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 19.3675 cm
Credit line: Gift of John Brenton Copp
Topics: Copp Collection
Furnishings
Description: Small, single-reeded circular dish with flat well; no foot ring. Adhered on underside of well is a white paper label inscribed (in ink) "6811 Copp / 28810 COLL." and the "2" written (in black) nearby. No other marks. Heavily cleaned or scrubbed; incised line around rim face is very faint and partially effaced. Face of well has what appears to be chatter marks. One of two dishes, DL*006811.01-.02.
The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
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Plate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: plate
plate
date made: 1770-1820
place made: United States: New England
United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: pewter (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 5/8 in x 7 5/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 19.3675 cm
Credit line: Gift of John Brenton Copp
Topics: Copp Collection
Furnishings
Description: Small, single-reeded circular plate with flat well; no foot ring. No touch marks apparent.
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Waste Bowl
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bowl, waste
date made: ca 1785
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 4 1/8 in x 6 7/8 in; 10.4775 cm x 17.4625 cm
Credit line: Gift of Ellen M. Davis
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Hemispherical bowl engraved "MB" in conjoined, shaded foliate script on a raised, short pedestal base with domed circular foot; repousse beads around everted rim and outside edge of foot. Gold washed interior. Centerpunch on underside of body; no other marks. Part of an assembled service (coffeepot, sugar bowl and waste bowl), DL*239176, DL*239178, and DL*239179.
Sugar Bowl
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bowl, sugar
date made: ca 1785
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 7 5/8 in x 4 7/8 in; 19.3675 cm x 12.3825 cm
Credit line: Gift of Ellen M. Davis
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Raised, double-bellied or inverted pear-shaped, covered sugar bowl engraved "MB" in conjoined, shaded foliate script on a domed circular foot. Applied pierced gallery and beading at rim; repousse beads around circular foot and edge of the stepped, double-domed cover topped by a pineapple finial. Underside of rounded bottom has a small incuse hexagon next to centerpunch, around which "J•M" in raised script in rounded surround is struck three times; "15-15" and "15-1" faintly incised between stamps. Part of an assembled service (coffeepot, sugar bowl and waste bowl), DL*239176, DL*239178, and DL*239179.
Mark unindentified; needs further research. Slip of paper stored inside bowl notes attribution to Joseph Moulton II (1724-1795) of Newburyport, MA, but his stamp is rectangular (not rounded) with a four-pointed star (rather than a pellet) between the initials. In addition, neither Moulton nor the Beale family has an obvious Newburyport-Philadelphia connection.
Creamer
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: creamer
date made: ca 1785
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 6 in x 4 3/4 in x 2 5/8 in; 15.24 cm x 12.065 cm x 6.6675 cm
Credit line: Gift of Lemuel Pope
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Raised double-bellied pitcher on a tall, flared and molded, circular pedestal base; engraved on front of body to right of center "P / L*M" in shaded roman letters. Large stamped beads around steeply curved rim with high pouring lip; traces of applied beading at bottom edge of foot. Cast C- and S-curve handle has sprig at top and split-scroll lower terminal. No centerpunch. No marks.
Creamer
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: creamer
date made: ca 1790 - 1800
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: silver (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 4 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 10.795 cm x 6.985 cm
Credit line: Gift of Dorothy Longnecker, in memory of her son Frank Longnecker
Topics: Furnishings
Description: Raised double-bellied pitcher on a flared circular pedestal base with flat, gadrooned edge. Nearly level, gadrooned and double-scored rim has a flat pouring lip creased at center. Cast C- and S-curve handle has waterleaf sprig at top and split-scroll lower terminal. Underside of foot is crudely engraved "S / H E". Underside of rounded bottom is struck below centerpunch "JD" in raised roman letters in an oval.