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Collection Highlights

Draft wheel
ca. 1863
1865.6
Wood, metal
Related Event: Civil War

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Pitcher

Pitcher
Pitcher
Pitcher
Pitcher
Object name 
Pitcher
Date 
1854
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Wood & Hughes
Medium 
Silver
Dimensions 
Overall: 13 x 7 x 9 7/8 in. ( 33 x 17.8 x 25.1 cm ) Silver Weight: 40 oz (troy) 19 dwt (1274 g)
Description 
Wrought silver presentation pitcher; pear-shaped body on a circular molded foot; body has all over repouss
Credit Line 
Gift of Townsend Lawrence
Object Number 
INV.14152
Marks 
engraved: center front: "Presented by/ The Board of Directors/ of the Seventh Ward Bank/ To their late President/ the Hon. John W. Lawrence/ 1854" in script stamped: on the base: "WOOD & HUGHES" in roman letters
Gallery Label 
This pitcher was presented by the Board of Directors of the Seventh Ward Bank to their president, John W. Lawrence.
Provenance 
John Watson Lawrence (1800-1888), who married Mary King Bowne (1808-1874); to their son Walter B. Lawrence (1834-1912), who married Anna Townsend (1852-1902); to their son Townsend Lawrence (1871-1951), the donor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.