Some pewter forms can be further distinguished by types or names given to various, specific designs. Below common porringer handles , oil lamp fonts  and teapots are illustrated.

American Porringer Handle Designs

Shown below are the six American porringer handle designs most commonly found, as illustrated in Ebert’s, Collecting American Pewter .

FLOWERED

SOLID OR TAB RI TYPE

Oil Lamp Burners and Font Designs

There are three basic types of oil lamp burners: Whale oil, illustrated below left; Camphene, illustrated below center; and the less commonly found Lard-oil, illustrated below right.  Of note are the “snuffers” found attached to the Camphene lamps. Frequently referred to as snuffers, the caps were actually used to prevent evaporation of the camphene fluid when not in use and  additionally used as snuffers

Common Lamp Font Designs

Lamp burners and fonts illustrated are as shown in Ebert’s Collecting American Pewter.

American Teapot & Coffee Pot Forms
18th century teapots , 19th century teapots , coffee pots

Eighteenth Century Teapot Forms
(All have wooden handles)

Queen Anne

Fred. Bassett, the Wills, Bradford,
T. Danforth II, Love, Wm. Kirby

Drum-shaped

Wm. Will, Parks Boyd, Love

Nineteenth Century Forms

(Most have metal handles but see below)

Q. A. revival w/extended foot

Geo. Richardson, J. B. Woodbury

Oval or Boat-shaped w/feet

Israel Trask, W. Potter, Geo.Coldwell
(Made with both wood & metal handles)

Inverted Mold
(Top and bottom halves cast in same Mold)

Many makers, many variations

Reed & Barton type

(Made with both wood & metal handles)

American Coffee Pot Forms

Tall Coffee Pot

Many makers, many variations

(Have metal handles)