Museum Collections
Luce Center
Waste bowl
Object name
Waste bowl
Date
ca. 1830
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 6 x 6 in. ( 15.2 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm )
Silver Weight: 18 oz (troy) 9 dwt (573 g)
Description
Wrought silver waste bowl; square, boat-shaped body with bulbous gadrooning around the lower body, set on four hollow, cast and chased bird claw and ball feet with chased feathers over the area where they are applied; flared to an applied, stamped band of rose garlands; engraved with a three leaf clover over a bar at the back center; engraved initials, "JMC" in script at front center; maker's mark on the base.
Credit Line
Gift of Pintard Fellows
Object Number
1971.103e
Marks
stamped: on base: "W. Thomson" in script, in a rectangle
engraved: at front center: "JMC" in script
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.





