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Circular pewter charger engraved with a leopard face. The charger appears in the circa 1875 photograph of the parlor at Sayward Wheeler. It is engraved with a leopard's face similar to the ones on the Sayward coat of arms.
chargers (platters)
pewter (tin alloy)
Charger
Centennial Acquisitions Exhibiton, October 22nd-23rd, 30th-31st, 2010:
Engraved with the same leopards face that is on the Sayward coat of arms, this pewter charger, like the coat of arms, may have been purchased by Nathaniel Barrell for his father-in-law, Jonathan Sayward.
Leopard face (Engraved)
41.2
Unknown
16 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of H. Paul Blaisdell
2009.30.2
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