Bread Basket

Description:

Handleless, circular, pierced bowl with boss bottom, made as one piece. Flared rim with folded edge has an overlapping swag design, while sides feature continuous latticework with reeding above and below. Bottom underside stamped with four equidistant incuse marks: trademark "W" in a circle flanked by three-dash flourishes, "STERLING", "6558" and "GALT & BRO.", all in sans serif letters; "1235-" faintly scratched directly above "6558".

Date Made: ca 1900

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, North AttleboroPlace Retailed: United States: District of Columbia, WashingtonPlace 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.66.0551Catalog Number: 66.0551Accession Number: 265238

Object Name: basket

Physical Description: silver (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1 7/8 in x 7 1/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 18.0975 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-4c79-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_300924

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