Plate

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Description:

Circular plate with a curved rim, its face scored twice near edge and wrigglework engraved at top ".:18 .J. D. G. 16:.". Plain, flat well; no foot ring. Underside has incised lines around outer and inner edges of rim, and two pairs inside well. Three touch marks are arranged in a circle at center of well, stamped twice with the arms of the Town of Zschopau, Germany (three towers behind a gated, stone wall) in a clipped-corner square and the conjoined script letters "CG TB / 1706(?)", also in a clipped-corner square.

Date Made: ca 1816

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany: Saxony, Zschopau

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. David Karrick, Sr.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.71.0144Catalog Number: 71.0144Accession Number: 294084

Object Name: plateObject Type: plate

Physical Description: pewter (overall material)Measurements: overall: 7/8 in x 9 1/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 23.1775 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-edbe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_300460

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