Collection Highlights
Punch bowl: Landing of Lafayette
Date:
1840-1850
Object Number:
1910.24
Medium:
Earthenware
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Waste bowl
Object Number:
1977.48
Date:
ca. 1835
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. ( 14.3 x 13.3 cm )
Marks:
engraved: front center: "A F M" in script
stamped: on base: "S. P. SQUIRE" in a rectangle
Description:
Wrought silver wastebowl; circular body with wide gadroons around the lower body; seated on a round splayed foot with a vertically applied, die-rolled foliate footring; concave shoulder with a vertically applied, die-rolled foliate rim; engraved, "A F M" on the front center in script; maker's mark on the base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Miss Anita Barnard Frisch
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
