Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
1825-1845
1936.693ab
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Vegetable dish
Object name
Vegetable dish
Date
1791 - 1792
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 5 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. ( 14 x 21.9 cm )
Silver Weight: 32 oz (troy) 1 dwt (997 g)
Description
Wrought silver vegetable dish; deep, circular body with curved sides and an applied beaded band around the rim; two, cast, hinged bail handles applied to opposite sides of the body; circular, stepped, domed cover with applied beaded bands around the edge and around the center; cover surmounted by a cast, cauliflower finial; engraved with the Lenox family crest on the cover and the bowl, a crowned lion passant on fess; maker's marks stamped on the side.
Credit Line
Bequest of Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr.; The Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr. Collection
Object Number
1950.254cd
Marks
stamped: on the side: "RS" in roman letters in a rectangle, a lion passant in a rectangle, a crowned leopard's head in a shield and "q" in a shield
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
