Basket, Presentation
- Object Name:
- Basket, Presentation
- Object ID:
- 1972.017.04
- Creator:
- Meriden Britannia Company -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Meriden, CT
- Date:
- circa 1868
- Description:
- Presentation Basket. Silver-plated brass and other base metals. Oval basket with swinging handle, and oval pedestal base. Basket body has stamped floral decoration on interior surface. Center of basket is slightly raised in a sunburst pattern. Edging of basket decorated with gadrooning and dots. Strap handle attached with two pin hinges, and decorated with bands of reeding and leaves. Solder mark on center of handle. Band of gadrooning and dots around pedestal base. Engraved on exterior of bowl in script, "Presented by the / Members of the Senate / to / J.O.Adams. / July 3. 1868" (for James Osgood Adams). Stamped on bottom of basket in Roman letters in a circle, "MERIDEN BRIT'A CO". Stamped across maker's mark is "1869".
- Material:
- Metal
Silver
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-8.785 W-11.625 D-9.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Basket with presentation inscription to James Osgood Adams (1818-1887), from the Senate, 1868. Adams was the N.H. State Printer in the 1870s. James Osgood Adams's brother, Ezra Eastman Adams (1813-1871; b. Concord NH), was grandfather of donor, Frances Gurley Adams Millar (1889-; b. Washington, D.C.).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Frances Gurley Adams Millar
- People:
- Adams, James Osgood (1818-1887)
- Subjects:
- Printers, Senators (N.H.)
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