Collection Highlights
Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant
Date:
1656
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1656.D
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tray
Object Number:
INV.14332
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Silver plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 23 1/2 x 18 1/8 in. ( 6 x 59.7 x 46 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on the base: four unidentifiable hallmarks and a lion passant in a chamfered rectangle
Description:
Cast and pierced silver plate tray; flat, ovoid tray with ogee edges; band of wheel turned decoration and foliate engraving along the edge and four foliate scroll cartouches over an oval band of foliate scrolls and wheel turned decoration in the center; vertically applied, pierced work galleried sides with ovoid handles cut into each end; four cast knob feet applied to the base; maker's marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Townsend Lawrence
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
