Museum Object Number1953.0179 |
Dish (Charger)
Metals
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
John Dolbeare (Maker)
Along with his brother Joseph, John Dolbeare probably worked for his father, Edmund Dolbeare, pewterer, by the time the family moved from Boston to Salem. John was a prolific pewterer and a prominent citizen of Boston. He seems to have turned primarily to work as a merchant and brazier by about 1729. Previous cataloguer lists life dates as 1664-1728 (2006). For more on John Dolbeare's marks, see Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.221; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.130; and Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.86. See also Ronald F. Homer, "The Dolbeares of Ashburton" in Journal of the Pewter Society (Autumn 2002), p.27-29; Winifred L. Holman, "Early Dolbeares" from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register (July, 1958) vol.CXII, p.170-178; Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.1, p.54-56 and vol.3, p.28-31; and C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.253.
1669/70
1740
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
1690-1710
1. Mark ; Rim of dish; "M S" stamped incuse in Roman capitals.
2. Mark ; Rim of dish; Heart with the initials "ID" above three stars. The mark is effaced at the bottom.
3. Mark; Rim of dish; Heart with the initials "ID" above three stars. The mark is effaced overall.
4. Mark ; Rim of dish; Heart with the initials "ID" above three stars. The mark is effaced at the left.
5. Mark; Rim of dish; Heart with the initials "ID" above three stars. The mark is effaced at the top.
Pewter
Cast
1.024 (H) , 15.039 (Diam)
2.6 (H) , 38.2 (Diam)
Text available soon.
[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
• Published: fig. 8-2, pp. 136-137
[Book] Fairbanks, Jonathan L. & Trent, Robert F. 1982 New England Begins: The Seventeenth Century. II. 100-360.
• Published: v.2, pp.272-273, cat. no. 265