Title: Plateau
Object type: Plateau
Date: ca. 1825
Culture: American
Artist:  John W. Forbes 
Artist bio: 1781–1864
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver, glass with walnut
Dimensions: 8 5/16 × 25 × 65 in., 21999.5g (21.1 × 63.5 × 165.1 cm, 707.306 oz.)
Credit line: Purchase, The AE Fund, Annette de la Renta, The Annenberg Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet, John J. Weber, Dr. and Mrs. Burton P. Fabricand, The Hascoe Family Foundation, Peter G. Terian, and Erving  and Joyce Wolf Gifts, and Friends of the American Wing Fund, 1993
Geography: Made in New York New York  United States Mid-Atlantic     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY