Plate

Description:

Single-reeded circular plate with flat well; no foot ring. Lightly engraved in script at top of curved face of rim "E H / 1837". Underside of well is scored with two concentric circles enclosing an unidentified shield-shaped touchmark, consisting of the raised serif letters "IGH" in a horizontal band against a vertically-hatched ground, struck three times arranged as points of a triangle, all marks face center.

Date Made: ca 1800

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

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

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Bequest of Dr. Joseph H. Kler

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0027.90Catalog Number: 1986.0027.90Accession Number: 1986.0027

Object Name: plateObject Type: plate

Physical Description: pewter (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1 in x 9 3/8 in; 2.54 cm x 23.8125 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-8dfc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_300468

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