Plate

1784-1802

Maker

John Townsend and Thomas Compton (1784-1802)

Measurements

3/4 in x 9 in (dia)

Materials

Pewter

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.876

Condition Notes

The plate is heavily oxidized and pitted.

Provenance

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

Comments

The 9-inch plate with a single reeded rim was cast in the pewterer's mold.  He then hammered the outside of the booge (the rounded edge of the bottom) to compress and harden the metal.  This step, along with using high-quality pewter (with little lead) s characteristic of London pewter.  Faint touchmarks on the outside bottom of the plate identify the makers at Townsend and Compton, who supplied large amounts of pewter to the American colonies and later the United States.

The plate appears to be the same as accession nos. 1971.871 and 1971.884.