6” BASIN BY RICHARD LEE
RICHARD LEE WAS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING OF THE LATE 18TH CENTURY PEWTERS. HE AND HIS SON WORKED UNTIL ABOUT 1820 MOVING FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO VERMONT (ONLY KNOWN PEWTERERS WORKING IN THAT STATE, BESIDES EBENEZER SOUTHMAYD). NO ONE CAN REALLY TELL IF A PIECE IS BY SR. OR JR. WHILE MOST OF THE PEWTER PIECES FOUND BY THESE MAKERS ARE PORRINGERS, THEY MADE RELATIVELY LITTLE FLAT WARE(PLATES AND BASINS). THIS 6” BASIN, J-199, IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH MILD ETCHING IN THE BOWL. THIS BOWL WAS ALSO USED FOR THEIR LARGE 6” PORRINGER.