Plate

Date1758-1790

Artist/Maker Jacob Whitmore

MediumPewter

DimensionsDiam. 7 15/16"; W. rim: 1 1/8".

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1966-356,5

DescriptionOne from a surviving set of eight plates in the Colonial Williamsburg collection.Label TextWhen Louis G. Myers acquired these plates in Boston, Whitmore had not been identified as an American maker. Myers was able to do so from his knowledge of Whitmore's association with Thomas Danforth II that began in Middletown, Connecticut in the late 1750s. He knew that Danforth died in 1782 with 260 pounds of his molds that were jointly owned with Whitmore. Pieces survive that were cast from the same mold but in some instances are marked by Danforth and in others by Whitmore.Inscription(s)NoMark(s)Touch mark a rose with crown above framed by “JACOB" and "WHITMORE" within separate curved reserves above and below stamped twice on the underside of each well (Laughlin 383).ProvenanceLouis Guerineau Myers, New York City (sold in 1931 to the Yale University Art Gallery); purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation from the Morris House, Stamford, Connecticut.