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Antique Pewter Willed To Historical SocietyValuable pieces of 18th Century'Newport pewter have been willed tp the Newport Historical Society by a. Providence woman who was killed in an auto accident last June.Dr. Madelaine Brown, a neurologist who taiight at Harvard and Tufts University Medical Schools, also left about 30 pieces of -Providence pewter to the Rhode,. Island Historical Society. •, r -. Included in; the Newport collection - ire. several pieces de-'sigued’by David Melville, Newport’s* most famous 18th Century . pcwtercr. The ‘ collection Contains the works of John Fryers, Josepn Becher, two other 18th Century Newport pewter-ers.and the works of Mcl-yiJWs sons.from an early 19thCentury collection.Mrs. Peter Bulihouse of ?h* Historical Society said she did not know how many pieces thecollection contained, but that earlier reports Of 30 were correct. She said tho value of the pewter has not been as* sessedThe collection includes several plates, flagons, porringer! and will go on display in th« Silver Room, she said. - ^NEW VOGUE IN NAMESMANILA (AP) — Mrs. Hilda Sin and Mrs. Delia Salas gave birth Christmas morning ainl both plan to name the babies Apollo, after the U.S. fflqonshot.
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Newport Daily News
Newport, Rhode Island, US
Thu, Dec 26, 1968
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