Museum Collections

Wrought silver Louis XVI vegetable dish, cover and stand; deep, bowl-shaped body with an applied, molded band around the rim; two cast foliate loop handles with the joints in the form of leaves, applied to opposite sides of the body; cylindrical handle socket with a shield shaped joint and threaded interior below one of the cast handles; hallmarks stamped on the rim and base; circular, stepped and domed cover with an applied reeded rim; cast pineapple and leaf finial screwed through the center of the dome; engraved on the dome, "Murray 1766./ Ledyard 1881" in script; circular, plate-shaped stand with a circular depression in the center, raised sides and an applied, molded rim; engraved on the base, "Murray 1766 to 1881./ Lizzie V. Ledyard./ The Oaks. Cazenovia./ 1881" in script; hallmarks stamped on the rim and base. Missing turned wooden handle.