Pap Boat

Description:

Plain, raised, small handleless and rimless elongated bowl with wide, curved, U-shaped spout and slight peak at back edge; flat bottom, no foot ring. Bottom underside struck once "N.VERNON." in raised roman letters in a sawtooth rectangle.

Maker is Nathaniel Vernon (1777-1843) of Charleston, SC; working after 1802 (appears in Charleston directories as Vernon & Co. and N. Vernon & Co.).

Date Made: 1800-1825

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: South Carolina, Charleston

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

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Credit Line: Estate of Arthur Michael

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.383593Catalog Number: 383593Accession Number: 162866

Object Name: pap boat

Physical Description: silver (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 4 7/8 in; 3.175 cm x 6.985 cm x 12.3825 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-79fc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_303421

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