Collection Highlights
Mrs. William Walton (1708-1786)
ca. 1750
1902.4
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cake server
Object name
Cake server
Date
ca. 1856
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 10 3/8 x 3 x 1 1/2 in. ( 26.4 x 7.6 x 3.8 cm )
Description
Silver cake server with a threaded oval handle-end decorated with scroll border; handle-end also engraved with foliate script initials, "MGH"; spear shaped handle terminal at joint with blade ornamented with foliate drop; flat wedge-shaped blade decorated along surface of obverse with deeply engraved foliate scrolls and chevron piercings surrounding central floral motifscrolls decoration; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the blade.
Credit Line
Gift of Louise S. Gilder, 12/14/73
Object Number
INV.14538
Marks
engraved: on the handle: "MGH" in script
stamped: on the underside of the blade: "A. E. W." in a rectangle
Gallery Label
The initials "MGH" refer to Mary G. Howard, who married William Hughes Gilder in Baltimore in 1856.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
