Porringer
Richard Lee, Sr. or Richard Lee, Jr.
Richard Lee, Jr., American, 1775 - 1830
Richard Lee, Sr., American, 1747 - 1823
about 1795-1816
Pewter
Overall: 13/16 in. (2 cm)
Rim: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede, Class of 1929
M.991.39.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marked, on handle: R LEE [pellet between, in serrated rectangle (Laughlin #411)]
Exhibition History
American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 9-December 9, 2007.
American Pewter, Virginia Museum, Virginia, April 27-June 6, 1976, no. 99.
Publication History
Frederick R. Brandt, American Pewter, Virginia Museum, 1976, p. 45, no. 99.
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 198, no. 172.
Provenance
Merrill G. and Katharine T. Beede, Falls Church, Virginia; given to present collection, 1991.
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