Plate
date: label: date made
content: 1738-1771
notes: label: Description
content: Single-reeded circular plate with flat well; no foot ring. Underside struck "A" and "K" in incuse serif letters near center, and twice with the very faint, partial touch mark of Thomas Byles, only part of a crown is visible. Old, red-bordered, clipped-corner paper label, adhered to underside with yellowed cellophane tape, is inscribed "Thos. Byles / L586 1712 on / only 6 known / examples of this / touch. / Newport / Phila. & Camden".
label: Description
content: Maker is Thomas Byles (circa 1685-1771), who worked as a pewtersmith in Newport, RI, 1710-1735; and in Philadelphia, PA, 1738-1771.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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: Bequest of Joseph H. Kler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0027.07
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0027.07
label: accession number
content: 1986.0027
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 9 in; 1.5875 cm x 22.86 cm