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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.1965.421.366
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Collection
Wheatland
Description
An eight inch pewter plate. Incised line around inner flat surface and another around the rim. Center slightly convex.
Provenance
Cameron E. lane
Year Range From
1750
Year Range To
1840
Last Owner
Lane, Cameron E.
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Butler's Pantry
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Built-in Cupboard
Storage Shelf
Bottom Shelf
Inscription Position
Base
Inscription Technique
Stamped
Inscription Text
LONDON
Lovebird mark, albeit is not completely struck, which is two facing birds with the initials LO and VE.
Inscription Type
Hallmark
Object Name
Plate, Food
Material
Pewter
Makers Mark
The plate was not made in London as one mark suggests. The love mark was used over a long period of time, ca. 1750-1840, and by a succession of Philadelphia pewterers.
Diameter (cm)
20.32
Diameter (ft)
0.6666666667
Diameter (in)
8
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2022-02-03
Object ID
W.1965.421.366
Accession Number
W.1965.421
Images
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