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- Maker: Gershom Jones
- Medium: Pewter
- Place Made: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- Dates: 1774-1809
- Dimensions: 5/8 x 8 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. (1.6 x 21.3 x 21.3 cm)
- Markings: Impressed on underside, from top to bottom: (1) Incised "A" (2) Two identical, partially struck stamps, side-by-side, of archway with "GERSHOM" in arch supported by two columns which rest on base containing "IO[NES]", prancing creature with dragon's head and lion's body in archway. (3) Row of four small square stamps containing, from left to right: "GI"; head of a creature; unidentified pictograph; upright sword.
- Collections: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor - Accession Number: 45.10.47
- Credit Line: Designated Purchase Fund
- Image: Overall, 45.10.47.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
- Catalogue Description: Round shallow highly polished pewter plate with wide rim that turns up slightly at rounded edge. CONDITION: Good; scratches and pitting and cluster of dark scratches on center of plate.
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Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum