Appraisal: Edward Danforth Pewter Plates, ca. 1795
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Appraisal: Edward Danforth Pewter Plates, ca. 1795
See Ronald Bourgeault appraise Edward Danforth Pewter plates, ca. 1795, in Vintage Raleigh 2025, Hour 1.
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Appraisal: Edward Danforth Pewter Plates, ca. 1795
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See Ronald Bourgeault appraise Edward Danforth Pewter plates, ca. 1795, in Vintage Raleigh 2025, Hour 1.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: My mother actually purchased them at a flea market or a tag sale back probably close to 40 years ago up in Connecticut, and, uh, she paid the grand total of six dollars per plate for them.
She was not really much of a collector of pewter, but the idea of breaking a set of pewter-- a-a set of anything, really, uh, bothered her so much as a, as a collector herself.
APPRAISER: They are a wonderful set of American pewter plates.
They're made by Edward Danforth in Hartford, Connecticut, in the late 1700s.
GUEST: Wow.
APPRAISER: Just before 1800.
And you rarely find a set; they were always sold in sets, originally, but they usually got broken up.
One of the wonderful things about this set is they were well taken care of; if you don't take care of pewter, it will disintegrate.
GUEST: Really?
APPRAISER: And it will start to pit.
And when that happens, it really affects the value.
GUEST: Oh, wow.
APPRAISER: So you have a great set of six plates here.
The marks are exceptional; the Edward Danforth with the lion, and then, there are these marks down here, which were sort of similar to English touchmarks on silver, and the American pewters wanted to compete with the English, and make people think that although they were made in this country, they were still just as good as the ones made in England.
GUEST: I see.
APPRAISER: Pewter from this period has a lot of lead in it.
The lighter pewter, it was made with more tin, and it's called Britannia.
Edward Danforth was one of a family of pewters in Connecticut, in fact, some of them moved over to Massachusetts, eventually.
But he was one of the earliest, there were over ten members of the family.
GUEST: That many?
APPRAISER: Yes.
I don't know whether you noticed, but there's a little bit of discoloration here.
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: It's pretty hard to tell, but this may be the starting of a little bit of corrosion.
The pewter that's in the best condition are pieces that were in kitchens over a stove, and all of the grease coming from the stove made a wonderful film on the pewter.
You just wipe off that grease...
GUEST: I see.
APPRAISER: ...and you'd get the most beautiful color.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: Of course, I don't know whether you realize, but pewter was considered the poor man's silver.
GUEST: Yes, I had heard that.
APPRAISER: And so they had it polished.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: You're very fortunate that she kept the set together.
Because they have a retail value of around $3,000.
GUEST: Is that right?
APPRAISER: Yes, mm-hmm.
GUEST: Oh, my God.
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Clip: S29 Ep18 | 1m 10s | Appraisal: German Bisque Mickey Mouse Figures, ca. 1930 (1m 10s)
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Clip: S29 Ep18 | 2m 42s | Appraisal: Harry Bertoia Spray Sculpture, ca. 1960 (2m 42s)
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Clip: S29 Ep18 | 29s | Appraisal: Hook & Ladder Fire Truck Model, ca. 1910 (29s)
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