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The PEWTER COLLECTORS CLUB of AMERICA BULLETIN NO. 78 MARCH, 1979 VOL. 7, NO.9 A FINE SET OF BOARDMAN MEASURES A fine set of Boardman measures 14 pint to 1 gallon. See articles, page 364. Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Melvyn D. Wolf. Vol. 7, 3179, p. 343 BULLETIN 78 CORRESPONDENCE VOLUME 7 PUBLI CATIONS NUMBER 9 Webster Goodwin 730 Commonwealth Avenue Warwick, R.t 02886 CHANGE OF ADDRESS AND DUES H. Hill Sandidge, Jr. 6329 Ridgeway Road Richmond, Virginia 23226 MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION Dr. R. F. Schauer R. D. 4 Wood Street Mahopac, N. Y. 10541 BACK ISSUES OF BULLETIN (obtainable at $4.00 each) William F. Kayhoe 7206 Impala Drive Richmond, Virginia 23228 OFFICERS COMMITTEE ON AUTHENTICITY President ............. Dr. Melvyn D. Wolf Bernard R. Carde First Vice-President . ...... Bernard R. Carde Old Bull House Second Vice-President . .. Dr. Donald M. Herr Main Street Treasurer . ............ H. Hill Sandidge, Jr. Centerbrook, Connecticut 06409 Secretary ............ Edward M. Hageman CATALOGING COLLECTIONS Dr. Melvyn D. Wolf GOVERNING BOARD 1196 Shady Hill Court Flint, Michigan 48504 GOVERNORS-AT-LARGE Merrill G. Beede, Term expo Spring 1979 Robert Viewegh, Term expo Spring 1979 Paul Glazier, Term expo Spring 1980 ST ANDING-COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Program . ........... Dr. Donald M. Herr SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS Membership .......... Dr. Ralph Schauer 1979 SPRING MEETINGS Nominations . ......... Robert E. Touzalin Publications . .......... Webster Goodwin National Meeting June 8-9 REGIONAL GROUP PRESIDENTS The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum New York . ........... Burton L. Zempsky Winterthur, Delaware. New England ........ George T. Heussner Mid-West Meeting Pennsylvania .............. John D. Barr No Meeting Scheduled Mid-West . ............ John E. Burns, Jr. New England Meeting ADVISOR Y COMMITTEE May 26th OF PAST PRESIDENTS The Currier Gallery of Art Mrs. Henry W. Borntraeger ..... 1949-1951 Manchester, New Hampshire. Mrs. Charles A. Holbrook ...... 1951-1953 Eric de Jonge ................ 1953-1955 New York Meeting Dr. Robert Mallory HI ......... 1955-1957 May 19th John P. Remensnyder .......... 1959-1961 Home of Mr. and Mrs. Burton L. Zempsky John Carl Thomas ............. 1963-1965 Indian Trail, Woodbridge, Conn. Thomas D. Williams .......... 1965-1967 Pennsylvania Meeting Wiiliam O. Blaney ............ 1967-1969 No Scheduled Meeting William F. Kayhoe ............ 1971-1973 National Meeting being held at Winterthur Rev. Clare M. Ingham ......... 1973-1975 D. Lola S. Reed .............. 1975-1977 1979 FALL MEETINGS PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE Webster Goodwin, Chairman National Meeting William O. Blaney October 19-20 Prof. Reginald F. French The Chester County Historical Society Celia Jacobs Stevenson West Chester, Pennsylvania John Carl Thomas To be hosted by the Pennsylvania Group Vol. 7, 3/79, p. 344 gracious guest and an informed source on Eng The President's Letter lish and Continental pewter, and John Carl Thomas who covered the American pewter. October 27th and 28th were the dates for the Between the two of them, a great deal of infor Fall National Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, mation was gleaned. Origin and the age of hosted by the Mid-Western Regional Group. pewter pieces were determined. At this time it The meeting, in my opinion, exemplified the was nigh onto midnight and our 80 to 90 mem ultimate of what a Pewter Club meeting should bers in attendance departed, having enjoyed be about. There was a continuous flow of pew thoroughly the meeting put on by the Cincinnati ter knowledge disseminated from the beginning group. throughout the entire meeting. It would be difficult to single out anyone On Friday afternoon, beginning at 2:00 a se member of the organizing group for developing ries of mini-papers was presented, lasting ap this meeting. Our thanks to all the members of proximately 10-20 minutes each. The many the Cincinnati area for the exceptionally well topics stimulated great interest and subsequent organized and extremely informative meeting. discussion by the membership. These reports Special plaudits to John & Lois Brown, Ed & are published in this Bulletin. Bernard R. Carde Martha Bums, Alex & Georgianna Cook, Mary spoke on ''The Second Oldest Profession; or Lou, Ed Hageman, Andy Hauck, David & Lois The Gentle Art of Fakery"; Dr. Gail Englender McConnell, Jim & Soap Parker, Jim & Betty discussed pewter infant feeding devices; Web Sutherland, Jim & Sheri Swinehart, and the ster Goodwin told the story and showed his hard-working Tom and Ellen 0 'Flaherty. Nicholas Dolbeare charger; Dr. Ellen 0 'Flah The quality and educational experience of erty delved into the study of pewter and lead this meeting will be something for future chair poisoning; Tom 0 'Flaherty discussed com people to try to emulate. It is what our Pewter munion tokens; Mr. & Mrs. Robert Viewegh Club is all about! recounted with examples the history of early Yours very sincerely, lighting; and Dr. Melvyn Wolf gave the results Melvyn D. Wo(f: M.D. of his investigation into the date and initial President marks on Boardman measures. A standing exhibition of Cincinnati pewter which included almost every type and shape was available to members' scrutiny for the en tire meeting. Following dinner, a delightful presentation on the Sellew family was given by John Brown, who was very entertaining and described in de tail the difficulties in doing basic research on early pewterers. Saturday morning we reconvened at the Cincinnati Art Institute, our home base for the m~eting. A series of workshops which were conducted by some of our most eminent mem bers. Each workshop was repeated three times so small groups could be in attendance each time which was more informative. Bill Kayhoe discussed the fabrication of pewter items while Bob Touzalin discussed repair of pewter and Editorial Note John Carl Thomas talked about the regional After the publication of the September, 1978 characteristics of American pewter. issue of the Bulletin, the cupboard was bare of Following lunch, the pewter auction, a material for the March publication and we ap Mid-Western Regional Group innovation, was pealed for articles. These sixty-odd pages are conducted and capably handled by Mr. Lou the result and our thanks go with them for the Aronoff, an exceptionally humorous Cincinnati response. auctioneer. A short business meeting was then The cupboard is bare again and we have a conducted. The remaining afternoon was spent September issue coming up with a deadline of viewing a movie on pewter fabrication and at August 1st. Again we need articles. Please tending a fine Cincinnati antique show. get them in so that we may have another good Saturday evening we reconvened at John Bulletin! Brown's house for an Italian dinner and an op Webster Goodwin - Editor portunity to see his antiques collection and ex ceptionally fine pewter. The Show-And-Tell portion of the meeting was conducted with ap proximately 35 to 40 pieces of pewter being brought in by the membership. This was capa bly handled by Peter Hornsby who again was a Vol. 7, 3/79, p. 345 PHOTOS OF THE NATIONAL MEETING AT CINCINNATI Photos by Dr. James Swinehart and William F. Kayhoe SOME OF THE CINCINNATI PEWTER ON DISPLAY Vol. 7, 3/79, p. 346 New Members Resignations September 1, 1978 September 1, 1978 to March 1, 1979 to March 1, 1979 Mr. Arnold Alperstein Mr. Robert W. Brooksbank 1070 Race St. Unit "H" 1 Elm Rd. Denver, Colo. 80206 Princeton, N.J. 08540 Mr. Jack E. Bertsch Mr. Lester Burdick Jr. 4 Winkler Rd. Farmers Row Buffalo, N.Y. 14225 Groton, Mass. 01450 Mr. Stephen L. Buchman Mr. & Mrs. E. W. Dennis 12 East 86th St. Apt 636 74 Willett St. New York, N. Y. 10028 Albany, N.Y. 12210 Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Erickson Mr. Fred S. Downs 304 North St. 129 Scudder Ave. Georgetown, Mass. 01833 Northport, N. Y. 11768 Ms. Susan P. Hauser Mr. & Mrs. Richard Freemen 352 Runnymede Rd. 819 Shackamaxon Dr. Essex Falls, N.J. 07021 Westfield, N. Y. 07090 Mr. Louis Krasner Mr. E. Alvin Gerhardt Jr. 1501 Beacon St. "Rocky Mount" Rt #2 Box 70 Brookline, Mass. 02146 Piney Flats, Tenn. 37686 Mr. Benjamin Olsen Ms. Marilyn J. Hart 308 Queen St. 3689 Johnsville Rd. Alexandria, Va. 22314 Brookville, Ohio 45309 Mr. Marvin D. Schwartz Mr. Bryce Kinsey 9 Bonnet Ave. 1405 Windsor Chase Drive, S. W. Larchmont, N.Y. 10538 Rochester, Minn. 55901 Mrs. Carl P. Sherwin Jr. Hyland Ave. Mr. Glen McLaughlin Woodbury, Conn. 06798 20264 Ljepava Drive Saratoga, Cal. 95070 Mr. R. G. Wolford 35 Pinney St. Ms. Charlotte P. Mortimer Hempstead, N.Y. 11550 P.O. Box 4136 Woodside, Cal. 94062 George T. Schmitt of Fairhaven R.R. #2 Deceased Camden, Ohio 45311 September 1, 1978 Mr. Robert E. Smith to March 1, 1979 637 Pleasant Ave. Glen Ellyn, Ill. 60137 Mrs. Wilton F. May Mrs. Malcolm Spann 85 Grove St. 1869 Van Buren Circle Wellesley Green 303 Mountain View, Cal. 94040 Wellesley Hills, Mass. 02181 Thomas C. and Florence Winn Mrs. John P. Remensnyder Indian Ladder Farms Box 329 Altamont, N. Y. 12009 Saugerties, N. Y. 12477 Vol. 7, 3179, p. 347 Change of Address Mr. Jimmie C. Smith Jr. c/o Phillips Petroleum Co. September 1, 1978 Box 2048 MCC Makati Metro, to March 1, 1979 Manilla, Philippine Islands New Address Correspondence Returned Mrs. Peter Alderwick as Undeliverable P.O. Box 127 Wakefield, R.I. 02880 September 1, 1978 Mr. Thomas C. Campbell to March 1, 1979 22 Whisconnier Rd. Brookfield Center, Conn. 06805 Mr. & Mrs. Harold Appleyard 1444 Shore Rd. Mr. Samuel L. Clark III Linwood, N.J. 08221 2647 Buchanan, San Francisco, Cal. 94115 Mr. Lee E. Fitzgerald 988 17th St. N. W. Suite 502 Dr. Paul Hartman Washington, D.C. 20006 209 Pine Bluff Rd. Stevens Pt. Wis. 54481 Ms. Maryann Ondovisck 47 W. 8th St. Mr. Norman C. Heyse New York, N. Y.