Platter
- Object Name:
- Platter
- Object ID:
- 1942.013
- Creator:
- Going, Richard
- Place of Origin:
- Bristol, England
- Date:
- 1715-1742
- Description:
- Platter. Pewter. Oval body with a flat bottom and upward flaring smooth rim with bead at edge of outer surface. Hammered booge. Several impressed marks: "RICHARD / GOING" in rectangle mark with lamb between columns, "[HARD] METAL" in rectangular mark with rose and crown between columns. "X", and four hallmarks, first of which reads "RG", "G / AM" chiselled on bottom in triangular formation. Adhesive tape label on bottom with typed accession information, as well as typed paper label reading "Platter owned by Rev. Samuel McClintock of Greenland, N.H."
- Material:
- Metal
Pewter - Dimensions:
- H-24 W-17.75 D-1.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Owned by Rev. Samuel McClintock of Greenland, NH (1732-1804), who was the great-great-grandfather of the donor, Margaret H. Bartlet. Margaret wrote in a letter (in accession file) that she received the platter from her aunt, who had inherited it; the name Edith N. Bartlett appears on the back of the platter, who may be Margaret's aunt.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Bartlet
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