Tray

Description:

Large, two-handled, repousse chased oblong tray with raised well featuring a lion at center amidst large symmetrical flowering scrolls resting over a shield engraved with a heraldic device or achievement of arms. Four lion's masks are at centers of the wide angled sides, separated by cornucopias and matching flowering scrolls. High-relief floral bracket handles are attached by threaded posts secured with rosette-shaped nuts through the gadrooned rim. Obverse left end is struck below rim to left of handle "(A?)+C" in raised roman letters in a clipped-corner rectangle, its left end overstruck by an illegible mark, and with a crown above "NAP / ▪ 92 ▪" in an octagon or clipped-corner square. Reverse scratched "59"9(?)" at center of shield; a series of numbers and letters are inscribed in black along top right of center.

Date Made: 1692

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Italy: Campania, Naples

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Genevieve Rizik

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.69.0360Catalog Number: 69.0360Accession Number: 282998

Object Name: tray

Physical Description: silver (overall material)Measurements: overall: 4 5/8 in x 28 in x 16 7/8 in; 11.7475 cm x 71.12 cm x 42.8625 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-f3be-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_300814

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