John Danforth
Plate

MakerAmerican, 1741–about 1799
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Plate
Datec. 1762–1793
Made inNorwich, Connecticut, United States
MediumPewter
Dimensions1 × 12 1/4 in. diameter (2.5 × 31.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.60.74
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Murphy Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Related examples: Kernan, Ross, and Eilers 1969, p. 14, no. 12; Fairbanks 1974, p. 107, no. 138; Montgomery 1978, p. 294; Barquist 1985, p. 87, no. 207.

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.


Provenance[Thomas D. and Constance R. Williams, Litchfield, Connecticut]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1960; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscriptions]
On underside: mark of John Danforth, Norwich, 1773–1793 [Laughlin 1940, vol. I, pl. LI, nos. 352, 353]

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