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Description:

Single-reeded plate with shallow flat well scored once near booge; no foot ring. Underside of well struck twice with touchmark of Ebenezer Southmayd, consisting of a three-masted sailing ship above the raised roman letters "ES"; "Jn Buell" faintly inscribed in script on underside of rim to left of marks.

Maker is Ebenezer Southmayd (1775-1831); working in Middletown, CT, ca. 1797-1802, and Castleton, VT, ca. 1802-1831.

Date Made: ca 1797 - 1831

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Connecticut, MiddletownUnited States: Vermont, Castleton

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

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Credit Line: Bequest of Dr. Joseph H. Kler

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0027.03Catalog Number: 1986.0027.03Accession Number: 1986.0027

Object Name: plateObject Type: plate

Physical Description: pewter (overall material)Measurements: overall: 5/8 in x 7 7/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 20.0025 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-c9a9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_303604

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