Waste Bowl

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Description:

Urn-shaped waste bowl, oval in section, on a flared oval pedestal base; one side of body is engraved with a shaded, foliate script "R". Cast serpentine-lobed rim and reeded foot have leafy volutes springing from shells; chased and engraved pairs of leafy scrolls enclosing five-petaled flowers encircle body and base. Underside of base struck incuse "STERLING" at one end, "3998/74" at the other, and with a diamond-quatrefoil-diamond motif along one side. From a seven-piece coffee and tea service, 1991.0352.01-.07.

Date Made: 1914Date Presented: 1914-02-22

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York CityPlace Used: United States: New York, YonkersUnited States: New York, Pelham

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Nancy Rowan Hutchinson and John L. and Marguerite W. Rowan

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1991.0352.06Catalog Number: 1991.0352.06Accession Number: 1991.0352Catalog Number: 1991.0352.01-07

Object Name: bowl, waste

Physical Description: silver (overall material)Measurements: overall: 4 in x 6 1/4 in x 4 1/8 in; 10.16 cm x 15.875 cm x 10.4775 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-35c4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1077099

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