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Plate (Used as Paten)
- Maker: Joseph Danforth
- Medium: Pewter
- Place Made: Middletown, Connecticut, USA
- Dates: 1780-1788
- Dimensions: 5/8 x 8 x 8 in. (1.6 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm)
- Markings: Impressed on bottom, from top to bottom: (1) partially impressed stamp consisting of archway with "JOSEP[H.]" in arch supported by columns, "DANFORT[H]" in rectangular base, and lion or dragon rampant within archway (2) stamp identical to and next to #1; "JOSEPH." [fully impressed] and "[DA]NFORTH" [partially impressed] (3) upside-down (in relation to stamps #1-2) row of four small, shield-shaped hallmarks containing, from left to right: "I.D"; head of dragon (?); seated allegorical figure; upright sword
- Collections: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor - Accession Number: 45.10.81
- Credit Line: Designated Purchase Fund
- Image: Overall, 45.10.81.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
- Catalogue Description: Round, highly polished pewter plate with wide rim that curves upward slightly at edge; incised line around rim and around center of plate. CONDITION: Good; some scratches.
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Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum