Metals
Thomas Byles (Maker)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1738-1771
Pewter
Cast
1956.0046.013
Object Number1956.0046.013 |
Dish (Charger)
Metals
Gift of Charles K. Davis
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.
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1738-1771
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
Pewter
Cast
1 (H) , 10.875 (Diam)
2.54 (H) , 27.622 (Diam)
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