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Beaded edge, wide rim and sharp cavetto terminating in dished bottom. Engraved "BH on rim.
plates (dishes)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
engraving (printing process)
pewter (tin alloy)
tin (metal)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
Pewter
Beaded
Stipple Engraved
PLATE
Engraved on rim: BH On bottom: Samuel Ellis/Sellis, London [four small hallmarks]
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Ellis, Samuel (Maker)
London, England
7.875 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.738
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