Beaker
Beaker
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- Description
- Handleless spun cylindrical cup with straight tapered sides, flat bottom and an applied band of gadrooning. Rim exterior struck with two small marks, a horizontal diamond or lozenge containing the raised serif letters "PB" flanking a circular motif and the profile head of Minerva, facing right, with a small "1" at top right in a clipped-corner square.
- Maker's mark needs to be identified; would help to refine date. Minerva guaranty mark for.950 silver, used from 1838 to present.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- beaker
- date made
- ca 1840-1860
- place made
- France: Île-de-France, Paris
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 7/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 7.3025 cm x 6.0325 cm
- ID Number
- DL.61.0316
- catalog number
- 61.0316
- accession number
- 200122
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lucinda de Leftwich Templin, Ph.D., in memory of Ella Rice Templin
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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