Deep Dish
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Thomas Danforth. Deep Dish, ca. 1730–1773. Pewter, 1 1/2 x 13 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (3.8 x 33.7 x 33.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Samuel Doughty, 27.539. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Maker
Title
Deep Dish
Date
ca. 1730–1773
Geography
Place made: Norwich, Connecticut, United States
Medium
Pewter
Classification
Dimensions
1 1/2 x 13 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (3.8 x 33.7 x 33.7 cm)
Markings
Impressed on underside, from top to bottom: (1) nearly obliterated stamp of lion rampant in gateway with "THOMAS" in arch above and "DANFORTH" in rectangular base [only the lion is faintly visible] (2) row of 4 small, shield-shaped hallmarks containing, from left to right: "T.D"; head of dragon in profile; seated allegorical figure; upright sword [last hallmark badly worn]
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Samuel Doughty
Accession Number
27.539
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