Plate
date: label: date made
content: 1801-1811
label: date made
content: 1784-1802
notes: label: Description
content: Plain-rim circular dish deeply impressed at top of rim face "GW" in incuse serif letters and scratched "1797" to right of that. Flat well scored once around center; no foot ring. Six marks struck on underside, a pair of touch marks for Townsend and Compton and four pseudo hallmarks facing opposite direction (left to right), arms of the Pewterers' Company, arms of the City of London, a lion passant with three stars and "T&C" in raised serif letters, all in shaped shields.
label: Description
content: Maker is Townsend and Compton of London, England; a major pewter export firm in business, 1784-1802.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Alma R. Duckworth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.300859.0009
label: catalog number
content: 300859.0009
label: accession number
content: 300859
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dish
label: Object Type
content: plate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 8 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 21.2725 cm