Fruit Basket

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Description:

Bail-handled circular basket with twisted wire-mesh midsection on flared circular pedestal foot. Gadrooning at rim and foot. Hinged handle has five graduated beads at bow and one at each side; double-bead hinge with ruffled shell attachment inside rim. No marks.

Date Made: ca 1925

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United StatesPlace Used: United States: Wisconsin, MenomonieUnited States: Minnesota, Lake Park

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

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Credit Line: Gift of John H. Crea

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.66.0541Catalog Number: 66.0541Accession Number: 265238

Object Name: basket, fruit

Physical Description: silver plate (overall material)Measurements: overall: 4 3/8 in x 10 in x 9 1/2 in; 11.1125 cm x 25.4 cm x 24.13 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-f10a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_300921

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