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Plate

Object Name:
Plate
Object ID:
1964.035.02
Place of Origin:
United States probably
Date:
1830-1850
Description:
Plate. Pewter. Circular, with flat bottom and upward-curving rim with single reeded edge. No hammer marks. Script initials, "EC", engraved at center of underside.
Material:
Metal
Pewter
Dimensions:
H-0.625 Dia-5.125 inches
Provenance:
One of a collection of family items from the Philbrick Farm, South Weare, NH. The inscription "EC" on this plate is said to be the initials of Eliza (Philbrick) Currier Morrill (1820-1875) of Weare, NH, who married Moses Currier (1807-1856) in 1836. (Eliza was the niece of Anna Brackenbury Philbrick, who is believed to have owned another initialed pewter plate, 1967.58.01.)
Credit Line:
Gift of Woodbury M. Philbrook
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