Bowl, Salad
- Object Name:
- Bowl, Salad
- Object ID:
- 1922.009.06
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1908
- Description:
- Salad bowl. Silver with gold wash on the interior. Broad bowl on a circular pedestal base decorated with bands of reeding with laurel leaves. Above uppermost band is the text in upper case Roman letters: "BATTLESHIP NEW HAMPSHIRE" which is repeated on the opposite face. The body of the bowl exterior is decorated with the following: N.H. state seal within a laurel wreath, an etching of the battleship titled in upper and lower case Roman letters "New Hampshire"; next is an etching of a sailing ship titled "1492: a navy seal; an etching of a sailing ship titled "Ranger" in upper and lower case Roman letters; lastly, an etching of a sailing ship with the title "Old Kearsarge" in upper and lower case letters. Areas in between the etchings are decorated with laurel swags. The bottom of the bowl is decorated with acanthus leaves done in repousse work. The pedestal base is squat and has several steps. Stamped on the bottom in upper case Roman letters: "STERLING" incuse. Also stamped on bottom is the script letter "D" within a crowned shield (for the William B. Durgin Company).
- Material:
- Metal
Silver
Gold - Dimensions:
- H-6.48 Dia-11.25 inches
- Provenance:
- The U.S.S. New Hampshire was built by the New York Shipbuilding Company and commissioned on March 19, 1908. There were 41 officers and 809 men on board. In 1907 the state legislature appropriated $6,000 for the design and manufacture of a silver service. The William B. Durgin Company of Concord, NH made the service and it was presented to the U.S.S. New Hampshire by Gov. Charles M. Floyd on August 8, 1908 at Portsmouth. The silver service consists of 72 pieces.
The U.S.S. New Hampshire was decommissioned in 1921 as a result of the Washington Naval Treaty and sold for scrap in November 1923. - Credit Line:
- On Loan from the United States Navy Department
- Subjects:
- U.S.S. New Hampshire, Naval ships, Nationalism
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