Egg Stand
Egg Stand
- Description
- Three-tiered stand on short, flared base with bead border. Small, shallow, scalloped-rim bowl at top, shaped hexagonal piece pierced with six crescents at middle, and a large, lobed dish with flat well at bottom; tiers separated by beaded-edge spools and a baluster. Touch mark on underside of stem depicts and winged figure or angel facing left with a palm branch in one hand, the other at her hip, with the letters "H" and "B" at her feet and illegible letters in curved reserve below.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- stand, egg
- date made
- ca 1850-1900
- place made
- Germany
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/4 in x 5 1/8 in; 18.415 cm x 13.0175 cm
- ID Number
- DL.311703
- catalog number
- 311703
- accession number
- 64443
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Miss Elizabeth S. Stevens
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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