Dish
date: label: date made
content: 1650-1725
notes: label: Description
content: Large, single-reeded circular dish with a chased and repoussé depiction of Saint John the Baptist baptizing Jesus Christ in the River Jordan as five disciples watch at left, and God the Father and the Holy Spirit appear in the heavens above. Rim has four running punch work borders of sawtooth arches, flowers, scrolls, and geometric motifs; well perimeter bordered by concentric ovals. Underside struck with at least five marks before plate was decorated, a circular touch mark stamped twice containing a leafy cross motif with "P", "G", "16", and "65" in the four corners; a partial circular stamp of an undecipherable, possibly winged, human figure; a partial circular stamp of a Tudor rose with "16(60?)" above; and a barely visible, partial, circular stamp (in Christ's body) with "STR" in border. "A" is scratched at center outside.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Dr. Joseph H. Kler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0027.89
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0027.89
label: accession number
content: 1986.0027
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dish
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 13 7/8 in; 3.175 cm x 35.2425 cm