Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1968.508.36
- Creator:
- Ash & Hutton -- Pewterer
- Place of Origin:
- Bristol, England
- Date:
- circa 1760
- Description:
- Plate. Pewter. Circular body with flat bottom and upward flaring rim with upward curving, single-reeded edge. Hammered on booge. Incised line encircling inner bottom surface. Several impressed, upper case marks on bottom: "London" in rectangle, two rose and crown quality marks, and four hallmarks, first of which reads "A&H". Two large paper, handwritten labels on bottom, one with maker's name and one reading as follows: "This pewter platter was my great grandmother's, Sarah Sargent - born in Loudon, N.H. Nov. 25, 1772 daughter of John Sargent and Mehitable Smith. She married Mar. 8, 1792, John Rollins, born in Loudon, N.H. June 16, 1764. Sarah dec'd Oct. 27, 1835 and John Rollins dec'd Mar. 19, 1816. Their son John Sargent Tenney Rollins married Louisa Wells. Edgar J. Rollins."
- Material:
- Metal
Pewter - Dimensions:
- H-1.25 Dia-15 inches
- Provenance:
- Plate with family history of belonging to Sarah Sargent Rollins (1772-1835) of Loudon, NH. Donor, Edgar J. Rollins (1874-1945) of Somerville, MA, was a direct descendant (probably great-grandson) of Sarah Rollins. The family lived in Loudon and later Gilmanton, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Pewter
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