Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
1825-1845
1936.693ab
Glass
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Waste bowl
Object name
Waste bowl
Date
1823-1824
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 3 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. ( 9.8 x 18.1 cm )
Description
Wrought silver waste bowl; squat, round body with tapering gadrooning and repouss
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Maria Banks Taylor
Object Number
1943.181e
Marks
engraved: in the reserve: the arms of the Banks family, a griffin on fess
stamped: on the base: a lion passant in a chamfered rectangle, a leopard's head in a shield, the king's bust in an oval and "i" in a chamfered rectangle all around "JA" in roman letters in a rectangle
Gallery Label
This waste bowl was given to Isabella Henderson Lenox (1789-1868) by her father Robert Lenox on the occassion of her marriage to William Banks in New York City, December 24, 1823.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
