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Description:

Shallow, circular dish or bowl made from one piece with an irregular, rolled rim and uneven well; no foot. Pierced with one hole at side of well. Bottom underside struck incuse "E.G. WEBSTER & SON / 97" in sans serif letters. Reddish finish.

Maker is E. G. Webster & Son of Brooklyn, NY, 1886-1928. Named for Elizur Goodwin Webster (1829-1900) and his son, Frederick Hezekiah Webster (b. 1860); successor firm to E. G. Webster & Brother (Elizur and Adelbert Ashley Webster) of New York, NY, 1865-1886, also known as Webster Manufacturing Co., 1866-1874. E. G. Webster & Son was purchased by International Silver Co. in 1928, but the trademark was used until c. 1961 when the line was consolidated with Wilcox Silver Plate Co. (a founding member of Insilco in 1898) into Webster-Wilcox.

Date Made: 1886 - 1928

Maker: Elizur G. Webster and Son

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, Brooklyn

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Amos S. Deinard and Benedict Deinard

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.315267Accession Number: 207992Catalog Number: 315267

Object Name: dish

Physical Description: copper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x 10.795 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-e106-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1452455

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