Card Receiver
Card Receiver
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- Description
- Two-handled, square tray on circular stand. Tray features wedge-shaped, horizontal, applied cast handles of lotus flowers and cattails, die-rolled bands of flowers and foliage divided into rectangular segments at rim, and flat-chased Eastlake-style motifs and a circle of leaves on its shallow, angled sides and gilt-washed well. Slender shaft with central ball knop and flanking leafy scroll supports are mounted to a domed base topped by raised floral and foliate decoration and plain, sloped sides. Base underside struck with an incuse circular mark containing a pointed shield with balanced scales bordered by "x MERIDEN x / B. COMPANY." in sans serif letters and "102".
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- receiver, card
- date made
- 1862 - 1877
- maker
- Meriden Britannia Company
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Meriden
- Physical Description
- silver plate (overall material)
- gold (gilt wash material)
- electroplated (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 7/8 in x 9 in x 5 5/8 in; 12.3825 cm x 22.86 cm x 14.2875 cm
- ID Number
- 1984.0424.10
- accession number
- 1984.0424
- catalog number
- 1984.0424.10
- Credit Line
- Gift of Insilco Corporation
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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