Collection Highlights
Wedding dress: yellow brocade with lace
1730-50 with several alterations into the 20th century
1949.115a
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Luce Center
Bowl and saucer
Object name
Bowl and saucer
Date
1884
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Bowl: 2 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. ( 7 x 14.6 cm )
saucer: 5/8 x 7 in. ( 1.6 x 17.8 cm )
Description
Wrought silver bowl and saucer; circular, bowl-shaped body on a plain circular footring; plain applied rim; repouss
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Harriet MacMartin Richards
Object Number
1942.280ab
Marks
engraved: center front of bowl and center of the saucer: "H. MacM. R." in script
engraved: on the base of the bowl: "Harriet MacMartin Richards/ FROM/ A. W. McLAREN/ SEPT. 30, 1884" in gothic and ribbon script
stamped: on the bases: "STERLING SILVER" in a banner around, "925/---/1000" over "THEODORE B. STARR" over an oval with a bird in a garland over, "40" all in roman letters
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
