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Plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1780-1800

GUSN

GUSN-8640

Description

Pewter plate; round form with molded edge; dished brim; shallow well.

Details

Descriptive Terms

plates (dishes)
pewter (tin alloy)
tin (metal)
Pewter
PLATE

Inscription

Touch marks on back: [two struck touch with oval reserve with stars over shield-shape with anchor enclosed by inscription] G. JONES [and four part mark] GJ [turtle] [anchor] [flower]

Associated Building

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

Maker

Jones, Gershom (Pewterer)

Dimensions

8.25 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.726

Places

Rhode Island (United States)

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