Collection Highlights
Ice cream dish
1877-1878
1980.14
Silver
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Posnet with lid
Object name
Posnet with lid
Date
1700-1800
Medium
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/4 x 17 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. ( 15.9 x 43.8 x 24.1 cm )
Description
Shallow cast iron posnet with three splayed legs (triangular in section), sprue in center on bottom, brazed stump handle, and cast iron slightly domed lid with central D-shaped handle, triangular in section, and erect rim.
Object Number
2477
Gallery Label
A posnet has been defined
Bibliography
Krohn, Deborah, Peter Miller, and Marybeth De Filippis, eds., "Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta van Varick." New York: Bard Graduate Center, New-York Historical Society, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009, p. 302
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
