1956.0046.013 Dish
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Dish (Charger)

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Thomas Byles (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1738-1771

  • Materials:

    Pewter

  • Techniques:

    Cast

  • Museum Object Number:

    1956.0046.013


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Object Number

1956.0046.013

Object Name

Dish (Charger)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles K. Davis

Creator (Role)

Thomas Byles (Maker)-1770
Thomas Byles trained with William Mann in his native Boston but soon moved to Newport, Rhode Island and then Philadelphia, where he purchased property in 1738. Laughlin prints an inventory of the contents of Byles's shop (vol.2, p.156-158). For more on Thomas Byles's marks, see Kauffman, The American Pewterer (1970), p.136; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.126; Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.218; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.49-52; and C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.244.See also Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.2, p.41-43 and vol.3, p.123-124.

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1738-1771

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Top, rim; "EOH", stamped
2. Mark; Underside, center; "[ ] BO [ ]" with columns, a crown, and rose, stamped
3. Mark; Underside, center; "[ ]T·BO[ ]" with columns, a crown, and a rose, stamped
4. Inscription; Underside, center; "Z", incised
5. Inscription; Underside, center; "EF", incised

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

1 (H) , 10.875 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.54 (H) , 27.622 (Diam)

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