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- Description
- Single-reeded circular dish with deep, rounded booge and flat well scored around perimeter; no foot ring. Well underside struck with six marks, twice with the lion-in-gateway touch mark of Joseph Danforth above four pseudo-hallmarks (left to right): illegible (initials "I•D"), lion's head erased facing left, Britannia seated, and dagger or sword pointing up, all in shaped shields.
- Maker is Joseph Danforth (1758-1789) of Middletown, CT; apprenticed with his father, Thomas Danforth II (1731-1782), worked alone from 1780 to 1782, and then in partnership with his older brother Thomas Danforth III (1756-1840). His younger brother, Jonathan Danforth (1766-1820), probably apprenticed with him.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- dish
- date made
- 1780-1788
- 1780-1782
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Middletown
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/2 in x 13 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 33.655 cm
- ID Number
- DL.300859.0012
- catalog number
- 300859.0012
- accession number
- 300859
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Alma R. Duckworth
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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