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Plate

Dateabout 1790
MediumCast pewter
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (diameter): 11 1/4in. (28.6cm)
ClassificationsMetalware
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionCast pewter with a single bead at the outer edge of the 1 1/8-inch-wide rim, a shallow well, and an incised line circling the bottom of the well. The well has skimming marks. The plate is lightly worn and scratched.

Skimming Marks: Skimming marks are concentric rings left on cast pewter objects by skimming tools. Skimming is the process of removing metal and smoothing rough surfaces by scraping the pewter object as it rotates on a lathe.
Object number1987.147.0
MarkingsThe bottom of the plate has two marks, each consisting of an urn between two columns. Below the urn is a banner with the name "TREADWAY".
Subject Terms
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    Thomas Danforth Boardman
    1810-1860
    Bequest of Roderick Bissell Jones, 1974.56.3, Connecticut Historical Society, public domain
    Unknown
    1770-1780
    Profile of 1974.56.2.1-.3 and a fourth mug from the communion set, privately owned.
    Frederick Bassett
    made 1780-1785, dated 1776
    Flagon
    Thomas Danforth Boardman and Sherman Boardman
    1810-1820
    Gift of John C. Parsons, 1950.382.0a,b  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Joseph Danforth I
    1779-1788
    Gift of Albert C. Bates, 1950.364.2-.3  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Thomas Danforth Boardman and Sherman Boardman
    1825-1827
    Porringer
    Thomas Danforth Boardman and Sherman Boardman
    1815-1825
    1977.8.1
    Thomas Danforth Boardman and Sherman Boardman
    1810-1820
    Museum purchase, 1964.80.8  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Thomas Danforth III
    1807-1813