Pair of dishes

Date1750-1770

Artist/Maker Thomas Chamberlain

MediumPewter

DimensionsDiam: 11 7/8"; W (rim): 1 5/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1972-416,1

DescriptionDish
Label TextThis dish and its mate are from the same service as a set of twenty-two dinner plates also in the CWF collection (accessions 1972-415, 1-22).
InscribedAn unidentified crest of a tower with a fleur-de-lis issuing from the battlement on a wreath bar engraved on the face of each rim.
MarkingsTouch mark the Prince of Wales feathers with royal crown above framed by "THOMAS" and "CHAMBERLAIN" within curved reserves above and below on underside of each rim (Cotterell 873). Secondary mark a label "CHAMBERLAIN" within an oblong rectangle with beaded upper and lower edges on underside of each rim opposite touch mark (Cotterell 873).
ProvenanceVendor: Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 1972.