Dish
- Object Name:
- Dish
- Object ID:
- 1984.027.03
- Creator:
- Meriden Britannia Company -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Meriden, CT
- Date:
- 1876-1890
- Description:
- Dish or basket. Silver-plated metal. Shallow dish with wire bail handle and down-turned rim. Tall pedestal base with round bottom. Dish is etched with geometric and floral design. Brim is decorated with a stamped design of birds and flowers. Bail handle is attached with two pin hinges, bases of which are decorated with leaves. Clusters of grapes and grape leaves soldered on top of handle. Pedestal base is stepped and has very narrow stem. Stamped on bottom of base is a scale within a shield-shaped mark surrounded by words "MERIDEN / B COMPANY" with a star after the B. Below the mark is number "1754".
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-11.54 Dia-9.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Associated with the White Memorial Universalist Church (organized 1842), Concord, NH, or the family of Nathaniel and Armenia White, benefactors for whom the Church was renamed in 1885.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the White Memorial Universalist Church
- Subjects:
- Grapes, Grape leaves, Silver
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