Collection Highlights
Central Park Competition Entry No. 29
Date:
March, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.233
Medium:
Ink and Wash
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Waste bowl
Object Number:
2000.211d
Date:
1820-1843
Medium:
Silver, ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. ( 14.6 x 17.5 cm )
Marks:
engraved: front center of the body: "M. A. Benedict" in script
stamped: on the base: "N. J. BOGERT" in a rectangle
Description:
Silver waste bowl; inverted pear-shaped body with eleven wide concave flutes seated on a circular stepped foot with an applied, die-rolled trefoil band; convex shoulder raised to a tapered and flared rim with an applied, die-rolled trefoil band applied around the rim; engraved on the front center of the body, "M. A. Benedict;" maker's mark stamped on the base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Miriam Jay Wurts Andrus
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
