Dish Cross
date: label: Date
content: 1792
name: label: Maker
content: Robert Hennell I, English, 1741 – 1811
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bulbous silver lamp with four horizontal arms that are square in section and have dish supports at each end. Each support has a long octagonal foot with a curved arc leg. The dish is supported by an arc-shaped rest with a five-sided top and a long flat rounded extension that serves as the base. These are supported by a two-armed curving decoration that connects to the dish cross' arm.
place: label: made in
content: London, England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Cahn, Jr. in memory of Rosalie S. and William M. Cahn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-49-4-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: dish cross
label: Type
content: dish cross
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 10.4 x 32.4 x 6 cm (4 1/8 x 12 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)