Seven Pewter Plates, America and England, late 18th/early 19th century.

Seven Pewter Plates, America and England, late 18th/early 19th century. Assembled group of small plates with molded rims and impressed marks including those of Townsend & Giffin (London, England, 1777-1801), Ashbil Griswold (Meriden, Connecticut, 1784-1853), Thomas Danforth Boardman (Hartford, Connecticut, 1784-1873), Sylvester Griswold (Baltimore, Maryland, 1791-1882), Stephen Barns (Connecticut, active 1792-1800), Thomas Badger, Jr. (Boston, Massachusetts, 1764-1826), and one with label attribution to John Skinner (Boston, Massachusetts, 1733-1813) impressed with scroll banner inscribed 'LONDON', largest diam. 8, ht. 1/2 in. Footnotes: Literature Howard Herschel Cotterell, Old Pewter (Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1963), cat. no. 4800-1. Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (New York: McBride Company, Inc., 1957), mark nos. 11-12, 37, 153, 157. Ledlie Irwin Laughlin, Pewter in America (Barre: Barre Publishers, 1969), Plate LVI, 417. Note A c. 1768-78 relief-molded plate with similar Townsend & Giffen marks is in the collection of Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, acc. no. 1995.90. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing