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Plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1750

GUSN

GUSN-7997

Description

Round pewter plate; dished bottom; folded edge, flat rim; shallow cavetto with incised line on bottom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Inscription

S Stamped on bottom: T S [maker?] [under banner containing] LONDON

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

T.S.S. (Pewterer)

Location of Origin

London, England

Dimensions

9.188 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.697

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