Collection Highlights
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
1824
1940.202
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Serving dish
Object name
Serving dish
Date
1889
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 3 1/4 x 8 5/8 x 10 3/8 in. ( 8.3 x 21.9 x 26.4 cm )
Description
Wrought and cast Colonial Revival presentation serving dish with Art Nouveau decoration; deep, ovoid bowl-shaped body with a heart shaped depression in the center; bowl seated on four cast, scrolled trefoil feet; c-scroll and floral repouss
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Laura Dayton Denby
Object Number
1977.80
Marks
engraved: center of bowl: "L A D" in script
engraved: front of bowl: "Laura A. Dayton/ from her husband/ Charles Dayton/ 1874 January 29, 1899" in script
stamped: on base: "TIFFANY & Co/ 10993 MAKERS 6334/ STERLING SILVER/ 925-1000/ T"
Gallery Label
This serving dish was a gift to the donor's mother, Laura Augusta Webb Newman, from her father, Charles Willoughby Dayton, on the occassion of their twenthy-fifth wedding anniversary, January 29, 1899.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
