Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1856-1857
Object Number:
1857.11
Medium:
Oak
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Egg cup
Object Number:
1941.811
Date:
ca. 1852
Medium:
Silver plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. ( 5.7 x 6.4 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
Cast silver plate egg cup with a pierced, urn-shaped cup on a pierced and beaded pedestal foot; beaded band around the rim; c-scroll spoon rest applied to one side of the rim.
Gallery Label:
This egg cup was from the Steamship "Henry Clay."
Credit Line:
Purchase
Provenance:
The George W. Murdock Collection of Steamboat Artifacts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
