1953.0155.012 Pewter plate
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Plate

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Gershom Jones (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Providence, Rhode Island, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1774-1785

  • Materials:

    Pewter

  • Techniques:

    Cast

  • Museum Object Number:

    1953.0155.012


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Object Number

1953.0155.012

Object Name

Plate

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles K. Davis

Creator (Role)

Gershom Jones (Maker)
1751-05/06/1809
Gershom Jones apprenticed with John Danforth, probably from about 1765 to 1772. In 1774, Jones started a business with Samuel Hamlin, which lasted until 1781. In 1784 Jones advertised "at the sign of the Pewter Platter near Mr. Jacob Whitman's Hay Scales", and he later moved to the corner of Westminster and Pleasant Streets. In 1806 he entered into business with his sons James and Samuel, but this only lasted a few months. For more on Gershom Jones's marks, see Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.134-135; Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.223; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.115-117; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.262; and Kauffman, The American Pewterer (1970), p.145. See also John Carl Thomas, Connecticut Pewter and Pewterers (1976), p.78-79 and Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.1, p.97-98 and vol.3, p.57-58.

Place of Origin

Providence, Rhode Island, United States, North America

Date

1774-1785

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside, center, left; "[ ]SHOM" above a lion and columns, stamped
2. Mark; Underside, center, right; "IONES" below a lion and columns, stamped
3. Mark; Underside, center, below; "GI" in square, stamped
4. Mark; Underside, center, below; Animal's (lion?) head in square, stamped
5. Mark; Underside, center, below; Seated Britannia in square, stamped
6. Mark; Underside, center, below; Upright dagger in square, stamped

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

0.75 (H) , 8.31 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1.905 (H) , 21.107 (Diam)

Object Description

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