Collection Highlights
French press
1812-1819
1943.368
Mahogany, mahogany veneer; yellow poplar, white pine, brass, plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Waste bowl
Object name
Waste bowl
Date
ca. 1835
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 5 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. ( 14.3 x 13.3 cm )
Description
Wrought silver wastebowl; circular body with wide gadroons around the lower body; seated on a round splayed foot with a vertically applied, die-rolled foliate footring; concave shoulder with a vertically applied, die-rolled foliate rim; engraved, "A F M" on the front center in script; maker's mark on the base.
Credit Line
Bequest of Miss Anita Barnard Frisch
Object Number
1977.48
Marks
engraved: front center: "A F M" in script
stamped: on base: "S. P. SQUIRE" in a rectangle
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.