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Deep Dish

Maker: Jacob Whitmore
Medium: Pewter
Place Made: Middletown, Connecticut, USA
Dates: 1758-1790
Dimensions: 1 5/8 x 13 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (4.1 x 33.7 x 33.7 cm)
Markings: Impressed on underside: (1) partially impressed or badly worn oval shaped stamp with crown atop rose in center, "[JACOB]" in banner around top edge, and "WHITMO[RE]" in banner around lower edge (2) identical to and placed next to stamp #1; "[JACOB]" AND "[WHITMORE]" (neither name legible
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 45.10.59
Credit Line: Designated Purchase Fund
Image: Overall, 45.10.59.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: Round, highly polished deep pewter dish with wide rim that curves upward slightly at edge; incised line around edge of rim. CONDITION: Good; allover scratches and pit marks; a few areas of yellowish discoloration (corrosion?) in center.

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