Dish
- Object Name:
- Dish
- Object ID:
- 1952.015
- Place of Origin:
- England or United States
- Date:
- circa 1725
- Description:
- Dish. Pewter. Circular dish with flat bottom and concave rim with single reeded edge. No hammer marks. "LB" stamped on upper surface of rim (perhaps for original owner, Lydia Bradley). Very likely that rim is bent from original contour and was meant to be concave.
- Material:
- Metal
Pewter - Dimensions:
- H-0.5 Dia-13.375 inches
- Provenance:
- Said to have been owned by Lydia Bradley (1707-174?) of Haverhill, MA, and Salisbury, NH, who received it as a wedding gift (married John Heath, Jr. in 1728) and was the great-great-grandmother of the donor, Miss Bertha P. Johnson of Peabody, MA. Bertha P. Johnson (1878-1952) was the daughter of Moses E. Johnson (1847-1925) and Harriet Poor (b.1852). Moses E. Johnson was the son of Ebenezer Johnson and Lydia Stevens (1806-1865). Lydia Stevens was the daughter of Moses Stevens (1779-1844) and Nancy Colby (1788-1842). Moses was the son of Daniel Stevens (1747-1824) and Mehitable Heath (1737-1830), who moved to Salisbury in 1768. Mehitable was the daughter of John Heath and Lydia Bradley. The family had a long history in Salisbury, NH. According to accession information on plate, Mrs. George W. Price is given as donor, but she merely delivered the piece for Bertha P. Johnson.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Bertha P. Johnson
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