Images(2)

Single Reed Plate

Dateca. 1805-1850

Maker Thomas D. Boardman

OriginAmerica, Connecticut, Hartford

MediumPewter

DimensionsDiameter: 8 7/8"; Height: 13/16"

Credit LineGift of Scott and Debra Duncan

Object number2022-223

DescriptionCircular pewter plate with a concave rim edged by a single bead, and a booged well surrounded by an incised circle.
Label TextThomas Danforth Boardman, scion of one of America's most prolific pewter-making families, had been in the business for seventy-seven years when he died in 1877. In the first few decades of the nineteenth century, he became known for his fine church wares.
MarkingsLion seated to the left, above BOARDMAN within a banner, all in relief within a shaped border, struck twice (Jacobs-42). An incuse "X" is struck between.