Plate
date: label: date made
content: 1750-1775
notes: label: Description
content: Five serpentine-lobed plate with molded rim and flat circular well; no foot ring. Touch mark stamped three times on underside, arranged in a circle; consists of a large oval containing the standing, winged figure of Justice with a leaping stag to lower left and "FEIN[I]SCH BLOCK [ZI]NN" in raised serif letters, upside down, in a curved reserve. Serif letters "FF" chased on rim underside.
label: Description
content: Words in mark roughly translate to "finest block tin", which is a partially refined tin having few impurities (often cast in blocks); could also mean a fine grade of pewter (an alloy) with high percentage of tin.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Holyoke
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. Louis A. Craig
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.309674.0004
label: catalog number
content: 309674.0004
label: accession number
content: 309674
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plate
label: Object Type
content: plate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 9 1/2 in; 1.5875 cm x 24.13 cm