Deep dish or deep plate

1784-1802

Maker

John Townsend and Thomas Compton (1784-1802)

Measurements

1 in x 8-1/8 in (dia)

Materials

Pewter

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.897

Inscription

“TOWNSEND & COMPTON,” “MADE IN / LONDON,” and “T&C” are on the several touchmarks.

Condition Notes

The dish exhibits pitting and scaling.

Provenance

Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner

Comments

A deep dish, also called a deep plate, differed from conventional plates made for use at the table by having a deeper well.  Some pewterers accounts term this form a soup bowl, suggesting how it was used, in contrast to normal, shallow plates.  Made by Townsend and Compton of London, the deep dish has their customary hammered booge and is made of high-quality metal.