Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tray
Object Number:
INV.14333
Date:
ca. 1915
Medium:
Silver plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 23 3/4 x 15 7/8 in. ( 4.1 x 60.3 x 40.3 cm )
Marks:
engraved: center of the rim: "C L B" in script
stamped: on the base: "G. M. CO" over an anchor in a shield over, "* E * P */ 01140/ 22 IN"
Description:
Wrought silver plate tray; flat, oval base with concave sides and a wide flat rim that comes to points at each end; cast, reed band applied around the rim; engraved, "C L B" in script on the rim; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Gallery Label:
The initials on the tray probably refer to Caroline Lawrence Bogert (1880-1942), who married Townsend Lawrence (1870-1951) in 1915.
Credit Line:
Gift of Townsend Lawrence
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
