1953.0179 Pewter charger
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Dish (Charger)

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    John Dolbeare (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1690-1710

  • Materials:

    Pewter

  • Techniques:

    Cast

  • Museum Object Number:

    1953.0179


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Object Number

1953.0179

Object Name

Dish (Charger)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Dolbeare (Maker)
1669/70-1740
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.

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1690-1710

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

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.

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

1.024 (H) , 15.039 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.6 (H) , 38.2 (Diam)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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