Bowl, Waste
- Object Name:
- Bowl, Waste
- Object ID:
- 1956.017
- Creator:
- Wishart, Hugh (1766-1840) -- Silversmith
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1817
- Description:
- Waste Bowl. Silver. Bowl with circular stem on square base with four hollow ball feet. Wide convex band below rim, engraved with twisted ribbon and rosettes (same design motif found on 1956.13-16). Above and below the convex band are several lines of rouletting. Monogram in script, "HFG" in shield on one face; "1817" without shield on opposite face. Maker's mark is stamped on side of base in roman letters, "H.WISHART" within a rectangular mark. Next to the name is an oval mark with a left-facing eagle. On interior of base is scratched the letter X. One hole in bottom of each foot.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-5 Dia-6.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by Harriet F. Gardner (1799-1866) of Newport, RI. She was the great- grandmother of Harriet M. Spaulding (1876-1954), the wife of Huntley N. Spaulding (1869-1955). Bequest of Huntley N. Spaulding, Governor of New Hampshire, 1927-1929, and President of the New Hampshire Historical Society,1937-1954.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Huntley N. Spaulding
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