Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 2003.039.02
- Creator:
- Bush, Robert & Co. -- Pewterer
- Place of Origin:
- Bristol, England
- Date:
- 1790-1793
- Description:
- Plate. Pewter. Circular body with incised rim. Shallow incised line in bottom, forming circle 7.8" diam. Impressed maker's marks on reverse, all worn: "B & Co.," figure of Britannia, and profile lion's head in square marks; "LONDON" in curved banner over flowers; and two ovals, "RB" in script beneath stag's head. According to family tradition, the plate is said to have belonged to Hannah Dustin.
- Material:
- Metal
Pewter - Dimensions:
- H-0.8 Dia-13.5 inches
- Provenance:
- According to family oral tradition, said to have belonged to Hannah Dustin (1657-c. 1736) of Haverhill, MA, who was taken by Indian captors to Boscawen, NH, in 1697. Plate said to have descended from Hannah's youngest child, Lydia (1698-c. 1770) to Orrin Huse (1847-1919) of Sanbornton, NH, then John W. Huse, Wesley F. Huse, and Hannah Huse.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Hannah Huse
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