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Culture:English
Title:dish
Date Made:late 18th-early 19th century
Type:Food Service
Materials:base metal: pewter
Place Made:United Kingdom; England
Measurements:overall: 1 3/8 x 13 1/8 in.; cm
Accession Number:  HD 2976
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Pewter dish (unmarked), which was formerly in the PVMA collection (donor unknown). Pewter, a combination of tin, copper, bismuth, and lead, was the most common choice for Connecticut Valley dining table in the 18th century. Although soft and relatively expensive, pewter could be remelted and cast into new forms. Pewter plates were in use in Deerfield, as found in the E. H. Williams 1838 inventory: "3 plates 12 ..... 0.40"; and listed in the original PVMA collection.

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