Charger
- Object Name:
- Charger
- Object ID:
- 1957.065.01.62
- Creator:
- Going, Richard -- Pewterer
- Place of Origin:
- London, England
- Date:
- 1715-1742
- Description:
- Charger. Pewter. Large plate circular with flat bottom, concave booge, and 2.25" flat rim that is angled slightly upward. Single incised line on bottom. Large flat bead visible only from underside on edge of rim. Several marks in two different groups: one group of maker's marks has a box with a ram and flag with the words "RICHARD GOING", another has an "X" with a crown, and the word "LONDON", and the last has a box with a rose and crown and the words "HEAVY METAL". The hallmarks consists of four shields, one with letters "RG", the other three with indecipherable symbols. Hammer marks on underside of booge.
- Material:
- Metal
Pewter - Dimensions:
- H-1.5 Dia-18.25 inches
- Provenance:
- One of the items from the Prentis Collection -- given by Katherine Prentis Murphy (1882-1967) and her brother Edmund Astley Prentis, in memory of Katherine's husband, David Edward Murphy (1859-1919) -- which formed the contents of a suite of early New England "period rooms," meant to represent the home of a prosperous New England merchant c. 1730. The rooms were exhibited at the New Hampshire Historical Society (30 Park St.), 1957-1983. A 1965 note from Katherine Prentis Murphy states, "next year 1966 I will give you the pewter collection;" perhaps this piece was part of that collection.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy and Edmund Astley Prentis Jr., in Memory of David Edward Murphy
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