Samuel Ely Hamlin

  General notes:

Pewtersmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1787 to Samuel Hamlin in Providence RI ⁹

• He worked from 1801 to 1851 as a pewtersmith in Providence RI having taken over the shop at 109 North Main Street at his father's death. ⁹

• Porringer, 1801-1851
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
l: 5 3/8"

• Master to William Calder abt 1805 in Providence RI. ⁹

• Advertised in the Providence Gazette (Providence RI), 1807, informing the public that he carried 'a good assortment of Pewter Ware, Superior to any imported, except from London.' He offered 'Platters, Plates, Basins and Porringers of different sizes, Quart and Pint Pots, Soup Ladles, Tumblers and sundry other articles. Also at retail Bed Pans and Teapots of different sizes and kinds, Hard Metal, Iron and pewter spoons and various Articles in the Brass Line' in his shop 'nearly opposite the Episcopalian Church, next door North, Mr. Henry Russell.' ⁹

• Advertised in the Providence Gazette (Providence RI), 27 Jul 1811, offering pewter in various forms and announcing also the manufacture of 'Brittania Metal' teapots and tumblers. ⁹

• Porringer, c 1840
Yale University