Collection Highlights
The Child's Anti-Slavery Book
Date:
1859
Object Number:
LIB.E449.C5372
Medium:
Bound volume
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tray
Object Number:
1969.12
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 24 1/8 x 14 1/2 in. ( 4.1 x 61.3 x 36.8 cm )
Marks:
Maker's mark: stamped on base: "GALE, WOOD & HUGHES" in roman letters in a rectangle, twice in relief on reverse of underside of rim. Also located below maker's mark are two indistinguishable pseudo hallmarks stamped in relief in oval surrounds.
Inscrip
Description:
Silver tray; flat, circular dish with applied, cast convex sides and applied, cast grape and grape vine band around the rim; two cast, squared, foliate scroll handles appled to the ends of the tray; three cast shell and scroll feet applied to the base; ring of flowers and ferns engraved on the dish; bright-cut "G" in the center of the dish; makers' marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mary MacKaye Greenwood
Provenance:
Trays belonged to Greenwood family.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
