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Maker(s):Porteus, Robert and Thomas
Culture:English
Title:plate
Date Made:1762-1768
Type:Food Service
Materials:base metal: pewter
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; London; Gracechuch Street
Measurements:overall: 9 1/4 in.; 23.495 cm
Accession Number:  HD 69.0901
Credit Line:Transfer from the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, bequest of C. Alice Baker
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
English circular pewter plate, scratched on the back "Hoyt" and the touchmarks "ROB: & THO" and "X". The maker's mark, which has been rubbed, was struck circa 1762 for Robert & Thomas Porteous of Gracechurch Street, London, successors to Richard King. Mrs. Henry King Hoyt of Deerfield (born Catherine Wells, 1805-1891) gave many old family pieces such as this plate to Miss C. Alice Baker (1833-1909).

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