Plate, Communion
- Object Name:
- Plate, Communion
- Object ID:
- 1939.005.05
- Creator:
- Edgar, Curtis & Company
- Place of Origin:
- Bristol, England
- Date:
- 1793-1801
- Description:
- Communion Plate. Pewter. Circular dish with flat bottom and upward-curving rim with single reed edge. Incised line encircling inner bottom surface at base of hammered booge. Impressed marks, repeated three times, all worn, on bottom: "EDGAR, CURTIS & CO.," in circle, surrounding figure of Neptune with trident on beaded ground. A fourth mark, superimposed on one of the maker's marks: "London."
- Material:
- Metal
Pewter - Dimensions:
- H-1 Dia-12.125 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a communion set used in the Congregational Church, Newmarket, New Hampshire. This piece has the mark of Edgar, Curtis & Co., known as pewterers and coppersmiths of Bristol, England, c.1793-1801.
- Credit Line:
- On Loan from Annie H. Dow, Newfields Congregational Church
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