1953.0037.001 Dish
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Dish (Charger)

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Parks Boyd (Possible maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Europe or North America

  • Date:

    1920-1950

  • Materials:

    Pewter

  • Techniques:

    Cast

  • Museum Object Number:

    1953.0037.001


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1953.0037.001

Object Name

Dish (Charger)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles F. Montgomery

Creator (Role)

Parks Boyd (Possible maker)
1771-06/06/1819
Boyd married Sarah Loudon on June 6, 1793. Robert Palethorp Jr bought out the contents of Boyd's shop after the latter's death (Laughlin, vol.2, p.62). Charles F. Montgomery, in "A History of American Pewter", lists Boyd's active dates as 1795-1819. For examples of his marks, see Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks, 1949, section 2, p.243 and Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.125. See also Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter, 1957, p.43-44.

Place of Origin

Europe or North America

Date

1920-1950

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; "P.BOYD.PHIL\A" stamped in a circle with a sawtooth border and an American eagle with outstretched wings and stars.

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

0.591 (H) , 9.488 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1.5 (H) , 24.1 (Diam)

Object Description

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