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- Description
- Large, single-reeded circular dish with deep, rounded booge and flat well engraved at center "S.C. / 1748." in a shaded, leafy-scrolled font accented by flourishes; no foot ring. Underside struck with six marks, twice with the lion-in-gateway touch mark of Thomas Danforth II, above four pseudo-hallmarks (left to right): "I.D", lion's head erased facing left, Britannia seated, and dagger or sword pointing up, all in shaped shields.
- Mark was used by Thomas Danforth II (1731-1782) of Middletown, CT; working 1755-1782.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- dish
- date made
- 1748
- 1755-1782
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Middletown
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/4 in x 13 1/8 in; 4.445 cm x 33.3375 cm
- ID Number
- 1986.0027.28
- catalog number
- 1986.0027.28
- accession number
- 1986.0027
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Joseph H. Kler
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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