Dish (Charger)

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Edmund Dolbeare (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Boston or Salem, Suffolk or Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1671-1711

  • Materials:

    Pewter

  • Techniques:

    Cast

  • Museum Object Number:

    1955.0060.002


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1955.0060.002

Object Name

Dish (Charger)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Edmund Dolbeare (Maker)
1642-1706/11
Edmund Dolbeare was born in England and came to Boston by September 16, 1671. Finding little success there while possibly working as a journeyman in the shop of John Baker (brazier and pewterer), Edmund moved his second wife and family to Salem around 1684. They were back in Boston by 1693. Edmund died sometime between 170 and 1711. Father to John Dolbeare, pewterer. For more on Edmund 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.85. 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 or Salem, Suffolk or Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

The creation place was identified as Boston or Salem, Massachusetts by Montgomery.

Date

1671-1711

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Upper surface of brim; "E·D" with four stars below, all within a shield, stamped
2. Mark; Upper surface of brim; "E·D" with four stars below, all within a shield, stamped
3. Mark; Upper surface of brim; "E·D" with four stars below, all within a shield, stamped
4. Mark; Upper surface of brim; "E·D" with four stars below, all within a shield, stamped
5. Inscription; Upper surface of brim; "SG", incised

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

1.311 (H) , 16.626 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3.33 (H) , 42.23 (Diam)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
Published: fig. 8-4, pp. 136-137
[Book] Ebert, Katherine. 1973 Collecting American Pewter.
Published: p. 28