1965.1458 Pewter plate
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Plate

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Stephen Barns (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Middletown, Connecticut, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1791-1800

  • Materials:

    Pewter

  • Museum Object Number:

    1965.1458


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Object Number

1965.1458

Object Name

Plate

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Stephen Barns (Maker)
02//1777
Stephen Barns may have trained with William Danforth and worked for him at the completion of his apprenticeship. For more on Stephen Barns's mark, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.29; Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.215; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.122; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.238; and Kauffman, The American Pewterer (1970), p.132. See also John Carl Thomas, Connecticut Pewter and Pewterers (1976), p.162-163.

Place of Origin

Middletown, Connecticut, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Possible origin Wallingford, Connecticut per previous cataloguer (2006).

Date

1791-1800

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside of well, left; "[ ]EN" above and "B[ ]" below in curved rectangles, with an eagle at center, stamped
2. Mark; Underside of well, right; "B[ ]R[ ]S." below an eagle, all within a rectangle, stamped

Materials

Pewter

Dimensions (inches)

1 (H) , 8.752 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.54 (H) , 22.23 (Diam)

Object Description

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