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Plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1750-1760

GUSN

GUSN-2538

Description

Circular form with broad, smooth brim and shallow well.

Details

Descriptive Terms

plates (dishes)
PLATE

Inscription

Hammered maker's mark on the underside read: ""Henry Little/H. Litt/in Lond/M/WM"" Text surrounds a rooster with a crown above its head which stands in a portal opening.

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

0.625 (H), 9.125 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.592

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