Bowl

Description:

Small, two-handled, piercework bowl or cup on flared circular foot with rounded edge. Beading at rim and where bowl meets foot. Piercework consists of a single band of crosslets, circles, and C curves between two zigzags of triangles. Two C-curve handles. No marks. No glass insert or liner.

Date Made: ca 1900

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of Daughters of Mrs. Alice Pike Barney

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.382069Catalog Number: 382069Accession Number: 162081

Object Name: bowl

Physical Description: silver (overall material)Measurements: overall: 2 1/2 in x 6 in x 3 3/4 in; 6.35 cm x 15.24 cm x 9.525 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-442c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_300922

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