Metals
Parks Boyd (Possible maker)
Europe or North America
1920-1950
Pewter
Cast
1953.0037.001
Object Number1953.0037.001 |
Dish (Charger)
Metals
Gift of Charles F. Montgomery
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.
Europe or North America
1920-1950
1. Mark; Underside; "P.BOYD.PHIL\A" stamped in a circle with a sawtooth border and an American eagle with outstretched wings and stars.
Pewter
Cast
0.591 (H) , 9.488 (Diam)
1.5 (H) , 24.1 (Diam)
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