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Plate

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1820

GUSN

GUSN-3953

Description

Circular form with shallow well and broad flat rim.

Details

Descriptive Terms

plates (dishes)
pewter (tin alloy)
tin (metal)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
lion
red jungle fowl
Pewter
Lion
Rooster
PLATE

Inscription

Numerous stamps on bottom (identical on each plate): Crown over X; rooster in shield; crowned lion; ""I.N. LONDON"" and one indecipherable.

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9.313 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.281.3

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