Title: Vase base
Object type: Vase base
Date: ca. 1840–60
Artist:  James Dixon & Sons 
Artist bio: British, founded Sheffield, 1806
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Electroplated silver
Classification: Metalwork-Silverplate
Credit line: Purchase, Edward Ablat Gift, 1983
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY