House and Garden 
marked, sometimes 
with the name “ T. 
Danforth, Philadel¬ 
phia,” and frequently 
with a circular stamp, 
about the size of a live 
dollar gold piece, en¬ 
closing a figure of the 
American eagle stand¬ 
ing on an oval bearing 
the initials “ T. D.”, 
surrounded by 
twenty-eight stars. 
Another Philadel¬ 
phia pewterer was B. 
Barns, who m a d e 
household ware from 
about i 811 to 1817. 
His shop was at 
Thirteenth and Fil¬ 
bert Streets. The 
mark which is fre¬ 
quently found on his 
work is a circular 
device enclosing an 
eagle and his name. 
Between 1798 and 
1800 the following 
pewter makers were in 
business on Second 
Street, Philadelphia : 
Parks Boyd. 
Christian I.H eavo. 
Thomas Rigden. 
George W. Will. 
William Will. 
A MODERN PEWTER VASE 
by Anton Schreiner, Nab burg, Bavaria 
In 1817 Robert 
Palethorp, Jr. was 
making ink powder 
and pewter ware, and 
seems to have been 
succeeded by John H. 
Palethorp some ten 
years later. Pewter 
making does not ap¬ 
pear to have been al¬ 
ways profitable, as it 
was frequently com¬ 
bined with other call¬ 
ings. The Thomas 
Rigden mentioned 
above was also a fruit 
dealer, and William 
Will divided his time 
between his legitimate 
trade and selling 
tobacco. 
In New York, 
James Leddell, Will- 
i a m Bradford and 
Robert Boyle were 
pewterers in the first 
half of the eighteenth 
century, and in 1786 
Francis Bassett had a 
factory on Q_ Street. 
The trencher shown 
on page 109 was made 
by the latter, being 
marked with his name 
and with a series of 
small stamps, prob- 
Basin by Thos. Danforth, Pbi/a. 
Ale-mug by William Will , Phila. 
Fluid Lamps by Capen <Sf Molineau, N. T. 
OLD AMERICAN PEWTER 
Trencher by Francis Bassett , N. 7 *. 
Sugar Bowl from Bucks Co ., Penna. 
Ale-mug by Robt. Palethorp , ft ., Phila. 
Basin by B. Barns, Phila. 
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