Dish (Charger)
Museum Object Number1955.0060.001 |
Object Name
Dish (Charger)
Category
Metals
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
Creator (Role)
Edmund Dolbeare (Maker)
Creator Notes
Edmund Dolbeare was born in England and came to Boston by September 16, 1671. Finding little success there while possibly working as a journeyman in the shop of John Baker (brazier and pewterer), Edmund moved his second wife and family to Salem around 1684. They were back in Boston by 1693. Edmund died sometime between 170 and 1711. Father to John Dolbeare, pewterer. For more on Edmund 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.85. 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.
Date of Birth
1642
Date of Death
1706/11
Place of Origin
Massachusetts, United States, North America
Origin Notes
The creation place was either Salem or Boston, Massachusetts per a previous cataloguer (2006).
Date
1670-1710
Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label
1. Mark; Brim, upper surface; "E·D" above four stars, all within a shield, stamped
2. Mark; Brim, upper surface; "E·D" above four stars, all within a shield, stamped
3. Mark; Brim, upper surface; "E·D" above four stars, all within a shield, stamped
4. Mark; Brim, upper surface; "E·D" above four stars, all within a shield, stamped
Materials
Pewter
Techniques
Cast
Dimensions (inches)
1.374 (H) , 15.374 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
3.49 (H) , 39.05 (Diam)
Object Description
Text available soon.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
[Book] Ebert, Katherine. 1973 Collecting American Pewter.
• Published: p. 28