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2020-98, Dish
Dish
2020-98, Dish

Dish

Dateca. 1775
MediumPewter
Dimensions18 ¼”; OH: 1 ½”
Credit LineGift of Beatrix T. Rumford
Object number2020-98
DescriptionPewter dish: Large circular pewter dish with wide plain brim on front and single reed on back
InscribedEngraved on front in center with large interlaced sprigged script “CD”; later engraved on back in block italic letters “CATHERINE DESHLER / 1738 / to SAML. CANBY / 1830 / to E. M. RUMFORD / 1833.”
MarkingsStruck on back of dish with two large illegible relief marks above engraved inscription and four smaller pseudo hallmarks, also illegible, below inscription.
ProvenanceCatherine Deshler (b. 1752; m. 1775; d. 1837

Samuel Canby (1811-1875), Wilmington, DE

Elizabeth Morris Canby Rumford (1848-1933)

Lewis Rumford (1877-1961)

Beatrix T. Rumford (b. 1939), the donor
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