Title: Presentation Vase
Object type: Vase
Date: 1824
Culture: American
Artist:  Thomas Fletcher 
Artist bio: American, Alstead, New Hampshire 1787–1866 New Jersey
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall: 23 7/16 x 20 1/8 x 15 1/8 in. (59.5 x 51.1 x 38.4 cm); 410 oz. 5 dwt. (12760 g)
Lip: Diam. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)
Cover: 5 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. (14.3 x 32.4 cm)
Credit line: Purchase, Louis V. Bell and Rogers Funds; Anonymous and Robert G. Goelet Gifts; and Gifts of Fenton L. B. Brown and of the grandchildren of Mrs. Ranson Spaford Hooker, in her memory, by exchange, 1982
Geography: Made in Philadelphia Pennsylvania  United States Mid-Atlantic     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Bears, term: Eagles, term: Grapes, term: Canals, term: Acanthus, term: Boats