Plate

1807-1830

Maker

Ashbil Griswold (1784-1853)

Measurements

3/4 in x 7-7/8 in (dia)

Materials

Pewter

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.888

Condition Notes

The touchmark is very worn.  The plate bottom has deep dents and one 3/4-inch tear.

Provenance

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

Comments

The worn mark of this 8-inch plate can still be discerned as that of Ashbil Griswold, a prolific pewterer of the lower Connecticut River Valley, where a number of other important American pewterers worked.  The plate has a single reed around the edge of the plate rim.