Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
1859
S-225
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Caster
Object name
Caster
Date
ca. 1850
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 4 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 12.4 x 5.7 cm )
Description
Wrought silver caster; baluster-shaped body, with an inverted-pear shaped lower body; seated on an applied, stepped splayed foot with a stamped bell flower footring; scroll and shell design chased below the contraflexure; chased cartouche in the center of the upper body with a chased band of flowers around the sides; cartouche engraved, "Sophie/ to her/ Mother" in script; applied, stepped band around the rim; high, domed cover with circular