Collection Highlights
Medicine Man (Blackfoot): Plate 173
Date:
1866-68
Object Number:
1872.23.173
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
plate: stamped w/winged figure, ?ondon; 1901 scratched on
Object Number:
INV.13805
Date:
1780-1810
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 8 5/8 in. ( 2.9 x 21.9 cm )
Marks:
struck: beneath well twice: ".......ZINN....." with figure with scales
struck: beneath well once: "LONDON"
Description:
Pewter plate with deep well and plain rim.
Gallery Label:
According to Donald Fennimore, the Curator of Metalwork at Winterthur Museum, this deep plate was made in Europe, not London, England.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
