Plate
date: label: date made
content: 1792 - 1820
label: date made
content: ca 1800
notes: label: Description
content: Single-reeded circular plate with flat well faintly scored twice near booge; no foot ring. Barely visible, partial eagle-under-stars touchmark of William Danforth struck twice on underside of well.
label: Description
content: Maker is William Danforth (1769-1820) of Middletown, CT. Began using his own eagle touchmark in 1794; re-cut twice, this appears to be the first re-cut (pellets above eagle's head changed to stars), ca. 1800.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Middletown
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Gertrude D. Webster
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.391776
label: catalog number
content: 391776
label: accession number
content: 71679
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plate
label: Object Type
content: plate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 8 in; 1.27 cm x 20.32 cm