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- Description
- Large, plain-rim circular dish with flat, shallow well; no foot ring. Underside struck with touch marks of John Townsend and Thomas Giffin connected by a raised "&" in a shaped surround; four undecipherable pseudo hallmarks below.
- Makers are John Townsend and Thomas Giffin of London, England; working 1768-1778.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- dish
- date made
- 1777-1801
- 1768-1778
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7/8 in x 14 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 37.7825 cm
- ID Number
- DL.62.0027
- catalog number
- 62.0027
- accession number
- 236930
- Credit Line
- Gift of E. W. Swift and Mrs. Sarah Brent
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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