Collection Highlights
Walker's Appeal, In Four Articles
Date:
1829
Object Number:
LIB.E441.Box.W1784.W3
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Waste bowl
Object Number:
1939.217d
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 8 in. ( 13.3 x 20.3 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: engraved on front: "Jane Borrowe/ from/ Ann Colt" in script
Mark: stamped on base: "G. BOYCE" in a conforming rectangle over "N. Y." in a conforming rectangle
Mark: square surround superimposed on center punch, which may be a pseudohallmark
Description:
Wrought silver waste bowl; plain conical body with a concave shoulder, short neck and an applied, scalloped and gadrooned rim; seated on a round scalloped and gadrooned base with a round gadrooned pedestal; engraved, "Jane Borrowe/ from/ Ann Colt" in script on the front; maker's mark on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Effie Beekman Borrowe
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
