Fine, Handcrafted Pewter in the Great American Tradition
Size: 2.5″ Tall
Price: $15.00
Product code: O20_moose
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Introducing our newest Annual Christmas Ornament, “Moose in Wreath.” This handsome New Hampshire moose stands proudly in a festive Christmas wreath and is sculpted in strong relief both front and back.
Each ornament is priced at $15. Purchase five, of the same or all different, at once and enjoy holiday savings… only $70. You choose your favorite five from amongst the entire collection.
Height: 6″
Capacity: 1 pint
Price: TBA
Product code: T16
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A friend who is a customer asked me to make him a Pint Tulip Tankard a long time ago. He checks in from time to time to see how I’ve progressed with his request. I finally created a piece which I think he’ll enjoy looking at and enjoy using. This is a brand new design, combining the graceful lines of the tulip mug with a tankard lid.
I’m even thinking about making more! If you like the look and think I should, go to Gibson Pewter on Facebook and comment, or like under the Tankard photo.
Height: 11” to top of finial
Price: $695.00
Product code: an0013
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This month we’re offering a SUPERB elongated pear shaped coffeepot made and marked by Roswell Gleason, Dorchester, Mass. 1821-71. This piece is pristine inside and out and retains its original wooden finial button. A wonderful addition to any collection.
I’ve made a special piece this year which I intend to unveil in the Living With Crafts exhibit at the fair. It is a Fruit Bowl that was inspired by the work of the late Fred Pulsifer, a pewterer from Exeter, NH, whom I watched at the fair with my father, back in the 1970′s.
The bowl is hammered entirely with paper mallets over wooden forms and the four panel base is reticulated, a process which involves extreme heat and fast quenching with a moist cloth. Tricky work, but the end result is quite dramatic.
I’m not sure if I’m going to make another, so if you want this one, you’ll have to travel to Sunapee in your Brink’s truck and be prepared to shell out $1,200. The Fruit Bowl is about 12″ square, stands 6″ tall and weighs nearly 9 lbs.!
Height: 3” 1/8
Price: $395.00
Product code: an00x
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This month’s antique is a scarce American 3″ beaker marked by Timothy Boardman & Co, New York City, 1822-1824. The beaker is well marked with some minor exterior pitting and slightly more interior pitting from use. Overall condition is very good.
Size: 8″ tall
Price: $150
Product code: V05
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I’ve had a lot of requests for a taller vase with a wider top and base. The 5th and final new design for 2011 is the Large Vase. At 8″ in height, it’s an impressive form with a gently flared top lip and 3 decorative incised lines. This is a gift you may want for yourself!
Height: 6.5” tall
Price: SOLD
Product code: an011
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This month’s antique is an attractive 19th century double burner whale oil lamp made and marked by Freeman Porter, Westbrook, Maine, circa 1835-60. The lamp stands 6.5″ tall and has an acorn shaped font. The touchmark is fine and the lamp is in very good overall condition.
Height: 4.75″
Capacity: 1 pint
Price: $150
Product code: T15
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18th century pewter mugs and tankards with acanthus leaf handle designs are quite rare and therefore quite desirable to collectors. I was fortunate to acquire and 18th century English export tulip shaped quart mug with acanthus leaf handle last year. That mug was the inspiration for this smaller pint mug. The acanthus leaf motif, an elegant feature, was also used on some high style 18th century cream pitchers.
Length: 6.75″
Price: $75
Product code: L03
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The Gravy ladle is a scaled down version of the Fiddle Handle ladle. This handsome new ladle will be a useful addition at your table for holiday events and everyday meals. A great gift item!
Height: 2.25″
Diameter Top: 5″
Diameter Bottom: 2.5″
Price: $45
Product code: B17
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The Dip Bowl is an ultra modern design with slightly angled straight sides. It holds 12 oz. with room to spare.
Height: 2.5″
Diameter Top: 3.75″
Diameter Bottom: 2 5/8″
Price: $75
Product code: B18
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The Condiment Bowl looks like a scaled down Revere Bowl with its round bowl, flared lip and sturdy, low foot.
Note: our Small Queen Anne Spoon fits perfectly in this bowl and makes a terrific set.
Bowl Diameter: 5.25”
Price: $1,200.00
Product code: an010
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This month I’m offering a very fine 5.25″ flower handle porringer by Samuel E. Hamlin, Providence, RI – 1801-56. The linen mark is clear and crisp and the touchmark is fine as struck. The bowl on this example is quite heavy and has nice chatter marks on the central boss. A great addition to any collection!
Length: 7 7/8″
Price: SOLD
Product code: an009
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This month I am offering an antique American bronze spoon mold for sale. The style is often referred to as a rat-tail or Hanoverian spoon and dates to the mid-18th century. Overall mold length is 7 7/8″ and the spoon length is 7 5/16″. The mold halves fit snugly for easy casting.
Price: $15.00
Size: 2″ tall by 2.5″ wide
Product code: O17_hb10
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Gibson Pewter’s 2010 Christmas Ornament features one of Hillsborough’s most scenic and enduring landmarks, Gleason Falls Stone Arch Bridge. Built in the first half of the 19th century, this sturdy, dry masonry bridge has withstood the test of time. Its graceful single arch spans Beard Brook at Gleason Falls, a location visited by generations of local families for picnicking, fishing, wading and swimming.
Created by Jon Gibson and designed by Roger Goode of Fresh Start Creative, this ornament is the tenth and final one in the Hillsborough series. It is available for sale at Gibson Pewter and Sweet Expressions. Prior years’ ornaments are still available for sale at Gibson Pewter.
Debbie Brewitt of Stratham, NH is our September winner. She’ll get to wear a pair of our Trowel Earrings while turning over her garden beds this Fall!
Each month, we select a winner of a Gibson Pewter product. The tides may grow and the leaves may blow, but the contented faces of our Moon Earrings maintain their equilibrium (see photo in right sidebar). Our next raffle winner will receive a pair just as the new moon begins to emerge.
Anyone who registers in the left-hand corner box on the website receives periodic updates about our products and promotions, and those names are among those we select from each month.
As a member of NH Made—the wonderful organization that markets New Hampshire-based craftsmen, artists and business—I’ll be participating again in the NH Open Doors Studio Tour on Saturday & Sunday, November 6th & 7th.
I’ll be busy demonstrating metal spinning both days. Several local artists will be involved, too. For a complete list of participants across New Hampshire, visit www.nhopendoors.com.
Height: 3″
Capacity: 6 oz
Price: $125.00
Product code: PT4
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If the sale of several prototypes of my new, small (6 oz.) syrup/cream pitcher are any indication, I’d say this is going to be a popular item. A perfect gift for any occasion! Look for a companion sugar bowl sometime this winter.
Diameter: 7 7/8″
Price: $495.00
Product code: an008
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This fine American 7 7/8″ plate was crafted by Samuel Danforth of Hartford, CT circa 1795-1814. Made by an important American pewterer, this plate shows little signs of wear and has fine touchmarks. A great addition to any pewter collection.
MONTHLY RAFFLE WINNERIn deference to the beastly hot weather we had late this summer, raffle winner Barbara Shamblin of Portsmouth, RI will receive a pair of our Lizard Earrings.
Each month, we select a winner of our monthly Gibson Pewter product. Now that the harvest is being collected and the Fat Lady is singing, it’s time to turn over your gardens to prepare for the dormant season ahead. Our Trowel Earrings will have you outfitted properly for the task.
Anyone who registers in the box in the left-hand corner of the website receives periodic updates about our new products and promotions, and those names are among those we select from each month.
diameter: 4 15/16″
Price: $995.00
Product code: an007
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Ever heard the expression, “not worth a tinker’s dam”? In the eighteenth century porringer handles were cast or burned directly to the finished porringer bowl. Expanding metal tongs, wrapped with linen, held the porringer bowl from the inside while the handle mold was placed carefully on the outside. Molten pewter was poured into the handle mold and bonded to the bowl, hence the term, “burned on.” The linen cloth prevented the metal from rushing through the bowl and thus acted as a dam. This month’s antique highlights the linen mark of the tinker’s dam!
This is a very fine Crown Handle Porringer by Thomas Danforth and his brother, Sherman Boardman, Hartford, CT circa 1810-20. The quality and condition of the metal, the well struck touch mark, and the crisp linen mark make this a wonderful addition to any pewter collection.
Length: 7.25″
Price: $20
Product code: S09
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I recently acquired an important early 18th century wavy-end bronze spoon mold at auction. The mold is engraved with a royal portrait on the top and a fanciful scroll pattern on the underside of the bowl.
Initially I thought it was of Queen Anne, but I’ve been talking with several pewter scholars recently and the consensus is it’s probably not a portrait of Queen Anne, but rather an earlier portrait of William III. This is William III, of William & Mary fame. Wow! Mary died in 1694. The mold was most likely produced/made in Boston circa 1694-1702.
Only a handful of these kinds of molds exist today, so they are as scarce as the proverbial hen’s teeth. I am indeed fortunate to have landed this wonderful mold. The overall spoon length is 7.25″ —Finished spoons sell for $20. This makes for a great soup spoon!
Height: 6 1/8″”
Price: $1,200.00
Product code: an00x
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This fine 18th century English Export Quart Tulip Mug by Robert Bush, Sr. of Bristol, circa 1780s. Robert Bush Sr. and Jr. were major exporters to the colonies and the overall quality of their work and metal is excellent. This mug is no exception. On the inside bottom, the touchmark is faint due to some surface etching. Otherwise, this piece is in fine, overall condition.
May’s raffle winner of our Butterfly Earrings was Roger Anderson, Washington State. What a nice gift for the lady in your life Roger!
For our June raffle gift, we’re offering our Turtle Earrings in honor of and solidarity with ocean creatures and wildlife that struggle in these turbulent times.
Anyone who registers in the box in the left-hand corner of the website receives periodic updates about our new products and promotions, and those names are among those we select from each month.
I am thrilled to announce the acquisition of an extremely rare and early 18th century bronze spoon mold which has engraving in the mold.
The top of the spoon mold is engraved with a royal portrait of Queen Anne circa 1704-1711 and the underside has a fanciful line and scroll pattern. Finished examples should be ready next month. Stay tuned!
Bowl: 3 7/16″
Price: $295.00
Product code: an005
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This month, I’m offering a wonderful unmarked antique American 3 7/16″ porringer with Old English handle( circa 1800). The porringer has a strong linen mark and great turning marks on the underside of the bowl.
In very fine condition. A marvelous addition to any pewter collection. (click on thumbnail image to view details)
In this demonstration, Jon shows how the Colonial Midrib Spoon is made by pouring molten, lead-free pewter, into an antique (circa 1750) bronze spoon mold. The pewter, an alloy of 92% tin, 1% copper and 7% antimony, is heated to a temperature of 550 F, and then ladled into the antique mold. Those spoons which are imperfect castings are consigned to the pot, in the time-honored spirit of recycling, to be re-cast another day.
Size: 5.5″ Tall
Capacity: 11 oz.
Price: $100
Product code: C14-L
Size: 4.25″ Tall
Capacity: 5 oz.
Price: $75
Product code: C14-S
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A good customer here in New Hampshire brought in this ultra modern looking glass several weeks ago and asked if I could reproduce it in pewter. He then told me that the model he was holding was an 18th century reproduction called a Shrub Glass. I was immediately hooked.
What’s a Shrub Glass you ask? It’s used for drinking the popular 18th century rum drink known as a Shrub. There are many Shrub recipes, but the rum version seems to have been the most favored. Look here for a recipe.
In any event, I think this design is great and the cup clearly can be used for a whole host of things including ice cream! Small size holds 5 fluid oz. and stands 4.25″ tall and the Large size holds 11 oz. and stands 5.5″ tall. Sure to be a popular item!
Height: 4.25″
Price: $325
Product code: an004
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Very fine unmarked mid 19th century American Chalice attributed to the Boardmans, Hartford, CT. Almost all Boardman Chalices are unmarked. Note the wonderful turning lines on the underside of the foot! (see below) A nice addition to any pewter collection.
Joan Ebersold, a long-time customer, is our March raffle winner. I’ll be sending her a pair of our Maple Leaf Earrings to sweeten her day.
Each month, we select a winner of our monthly Gibson Pewter product. It’s the perfect time to get out in our gardens to dig and plant seeds, so we’re featuring our Watering Can Earrings in April.
Anyone who registers in the box in the left-hand corner of the website receives periodic updates about our new products and promotions, and those names are among those we select from each month.
My friend, and New Hampshire Furniture Master member, Bill Thomas of Williams Thomas Custom Furniture, found a new piece of white oak and turned a beautiful new chuck for my Wood Grain Nut Bowl.
I had no idea how hard it was to find a good, dry piece of white oak in these parts. The end result is great and the grain pattern inside the pewter bowl is super! Pick one out for yourself, or give it as a truly unique gift item at a very reasonable price.
width: 4 1/2″
Price: SOLD
Product code: an003
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This marked American sundial dates to the second half of the 18th century. The initials “I.I” are cast, not stamped on the surface. The actual maker has yet to be identified, but the piece was probably made in New England.
The three holes allow the sundial to be fastened to a window sill, or an outside post. This hard to find sundial is in fine overall condition.
Height: 8.5″ tall
Price: $395.00
Product code: an002
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Marked American teapot by H.B. Ward, Wallingford, CT circa 1850. 8 1/2″ tall to top of finial. In very good condition with a fine touchmark.
Sometimes a small dent in a piece of pewter can be pushed down or ironed out with your thumb. Really! In fact, many of my wooden straightening tools are shaped like the human thumb in various sizes.
Before attempting to iron out a dent, clean the piece and submerge it in hot water for several minutes. Then dry the piece and hold it firmly while rubbing or ironing out the dent with your thumb. Take your time and move the metal slowly, as it is very pliant.
Give it a good polish and you’ll be good as new!
Two pieces of Gibson Pewter will be featured in the June issue of Early American Life magazine (it should be available by mid-April).
The Tavern Lamp and Gleason Chamberstick will be featured in an article about antique & reproduction portable lighting devices and lamps with handles.
Nicky Chapin of New York City is our February raffle winner. I’ll
be sending her proof of her luck with a pair of our Four Leaf
Clover Earrings.
Each month, we select a winner of our monthly Gibson Pewter product. We’re featuring our Maple Leaf Earrings in March. One lucky winner will receive a pair in honor of the hundreds of sap buckets punctuating our New Hampshire landscape… it’s Maple Syrup season. The weather has been perfect – cool nights and warm days – for a big batch of sticky goodness.
Anyone who registers in the box in the right-hand corner of the
website receives periodic updates about our new products and
promotions, and those names are among those we select from each
month.
Height: 4.375″
Price: SOLD
Product code: an001
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This month I am offering my first piece of antique pewter for sale on my website. I’ll try to add one or two pieces a month for your consideration.
This is a wonderful 19th century English Pint Mug marked Austen & Sons, Cork, Ireland. Note that they used the same handle as found on their Pint Haystack measure. 4 3/8″ tall. Great touchmark and turning lines. Fine overall condition.
To order any antique pewter, please call: (603) 464-3410
Diameter: 4.875″
Price: $75.00 for set of four
Product code: G04
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It’s been a long time in the planning stages, but I finally hunkered down and designed a modern-day sized coaster to match the base of larger mugs and other beverage holders. The Gibson Pewter version of Super Size Me!
Our Jumbo Coasters are almost 5″ in diameter and made from thick, heavy gauge pewter stock. They are rugged and ready to work. With an inside base diameter of 4″ (!), they can handle your biggest coffee mug or glass with ease. And these are nice and heavy. They won’t stick to the bottom of your glass the way other coasters often do.
Height: 2″
Diameter: 12″
Price: $195.00
Product code: B16
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The Centerpiece Bowl is a new addition to our product line. It is a real beauty. An original design and a contemporary form, it has a low flared rim with a distinctive beaded edge and an incised line on the inside bottom. At 12″ in diameter and 2″ in height, it truly is worthy of being a centerpiece.
You’ll also be amazed at the capacity of this vessel. Fill it with fruit, nuts, veggies, or even a low silk flower arrangement to bring cheer to your meals and get you through until the season of new buds arrives.
May Egner right here in Hillsboro, NH was the lucky winner of our January raffle and our delicate Small Heart Earrings. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, this is the season of love and a time for reaching out to those we care for near and far.
Each month, we select a winner of our monthly Gibson Pewter product. In February, we will pull a name to win a pair of our Four Leaf Clover Earrings. Whether lucky in love or not in February, you may borrow a bit of Irish luck in March.
Anyone who registers in the box in the right-hand corner of the website receives periodic updates about our new products and promotions, and those names are among those we select from each month.
So what I’ve done is line my upper stovetop shelf with several of my Salt Bowls & Spoons and now use them for salt, pepper and other herbs and spices. Even though I’m a rookie cook, I now look like a pro… look out Julie & Julia!
I am beginning 2010 with feelings of profound gratitude to all of you who have supported and encouraged me in these hard economic times. I took a full week off from work after Christmas to be with my family, enjoying the season and taking short day trips around beautiful New Hampshire. I now feel a renewed enthusiasm for my craft.
Despite these hard times, I’m looking forward to expanding my business and adding new products this year. December sales were strong. In fact, the sales line for the last quarter of 2009 pointed upward!
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