Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1957.065.01.67.2
- Place of Origin:
- Europe or America
- Date:
- 1780-1820
- Description:
- Plate. Pewter. Plate with flat bottom, rounded sides and a slightly flaring rim. Beaded edge on rim. Hammered booge. Fanciful inscription on bottom of plate. It appears to be several (maybe four) examples of the letter "P" in feathered script, all in different sizes and orientations, with flourishes.
- Material:
- Metal
Pewter - Dimensions:
- H-0.625 Dia-6.25 inches
- Provenance:
- One of the items from the Prentis Collection -- given by Katherine Prentis Murphy and her brother Edmund Astley Prentis, in memory of Katherine's husband, David Edward Murphy -- 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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