Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
1773-1809
1867.298
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Waste bowl
Object name
Waste bowl
Date
ca. 1835
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 6 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. ( 16.8 x 19 cm )
Silver Weight: 28 oz (troy) 12 dwt (889 g)
Description
Wrought silver waste bowl; gadrooned, inverted pear-shaped body with chased acanthus leaves in each lobe of the lower body, chased floral cartouches on the front and back of the upper body; on a round, molded foot with a band of chased and repouss
Credit Line
Bequest of Mary MacKaye Greenwood
Object Number
1969.10d
Marks
engraved: in front cartouche: "G" in script
stamped: on base: "W. G" in rectangle over an eagle in a circle and and iunidentified hallmark in an ellipse
Gallery Label
Belonged to Isaac John Greenwood I (1795-1865), a prominent New York City dentist and grandfather of the donor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
