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Potter, James
Description:
James Potter was a master builder from the Southwark section of the city elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to the date of extant Company records of the 1760s; he is first recorded as present at a meeting in 1769. He was an "encourager" to the…
Member number:
45*
Portues, James
Description:
James was a master buider who came to Philadelphia in the service of William Wade, yeoman of the parish of Hankton, Sussex, who died on board onWelcomebound for Pennsylvania in 1682. Under the terms of Wade's will, Porteus (the name is variously…
Member number:
2*
Birth date:
1/1/1670
Portrait of George Washington
Description:
Bust size, portrait of George Washington facing left, black coat, white neckcloth and lace jabot, plain neutral background. Gilt frame with oval spandrel insert. Conservation report and correspondence with conservator in file.
Date:
prob. early 19th C.
Item type:
portrait
Porcelan plate with gold and black rim. commemorative plate for coronation
Description:
Worcester Plate. On front of plate is the symbol of the Carpenters' Co. flanked by two cherubs sitting on gold decorative forms and holding a ruler and two small boards and the date, June 2, 1953. On the back of the plate is this inscription in gold…
Item type:
Royal Worcester plate