Plate

Description:

Small, single-reeded circular dish with flat well having a faint, partially visible incised line around perimeter; no foot ring. Partial sawtooth circle with eagle touch mark of Samuel Danforth stamped twice on underside. One of two plates, DL*391774-DL*391775.

Maker is Samuel Danforth of Hartford, CT; working 1795-1816.

Date Made: 1795-1816

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Connecticut, Hartford

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Gertrude D. Webster

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.391775Catalog Number: 391775Accession Number: 71679

Object Name: dishObject Type: plate

Physical Description: pewter (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 7 7/8 in; 1.27 cm x 20.0025 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-900b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_300473

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