Dish
date: label: date made
content: 1670 - 1710
notes: label: Description
content: Multiple-reeded circular dish wih shallow flat well; no foot ring. Rim face struck at top with the incuse roman letters "M F" and along bottom four times with the touchmark of Edmund Dolbeare, consisting of the raised roman letters "E.D" above four stars in a small five-pointed shield; both all marks face well. Large flecked script letters "LA" engraved on underside of well. Overall hammer marks; excellent condition.
label: Description
content: Maker is Edmund Dolbeare (1644-ca. 1711) of Ashburton, Devonshire, England, who emigrated to Boston by 1671; he worked there until 1684, then in Salem, 1684-1693, and again in Boston, 1706-1711. Edmund Dolbeare was among the earliest pewterers in America and believed to be the first in Boston. His two eldest sons, John Dolbeare (1669-1740) and Joseph Dolbeare (b. ca. 1672) were also pewterers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Salem
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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: 1986.0027.43
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0027.43
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 3/8 in x 16 3/4 in; 3.4925 cm x 42.545 cm