Pap Boat

Description:

Plain, small, handleless and rimless oblong bowl with wide, curved, U-shaped spout; broad flat bottom, no foot ring. Engraved on side to right of spout "JAJ" in conjoined foliate script. No other marks.

Date Made: ca 1850

Location: Currently not on view

Place Used: United States: Virginia

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

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Credit Line: Gift of George W. Johnston

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.331241Catalog Number: 331241Accession Number: 91706

Object Name: bowl, pappap boat

Physical Description: silver (overall material)Measurements: overall: 4 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 12.065 cm x 6.985 cm x 2.8575 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-46a9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1326325

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