Plate

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Plate

Entry/Object ID

1984.90

Description

Circular pewter dish with molded rim, concave lip, and deep bouge. Dish is unornamented. Three touchmarks on bottom,figure holding a scale in one hand and a sword in the other, encircled by the name Johann Riesz. See 1984 catalogue sheet for sketch of inscription on rim.

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germany (?)

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

three touchmarks on bottom (see description)

Dimensions

Depth

1/2 in

Diameter

13-3/4 in

Material

Pewter

Provenance

Notes

See GHS 2219, GHS 2220, and 1984.91.