Beverage service from Wormley's Hotel
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1885
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Gorham Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1831
label: Created by
content: George Linsenmayer
label: Used by
content: Wormley Hotel, American, 1871 - 1897
label: Used by
content: James Wormley, American, 1819 - 1884
notes: label: Description
content: A silver plated beverage service including three (3) unmatched pieces, a pot for tea or coffee (.1), a sugarbowl with lid (.2), and creamer (.3) used at Wormley's Hotel in Washington, DC.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Thomas Lewis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.104
objectType: label: Type
content: coffee services
label: Type
content: tea services
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pot: silver-plated metal and ivory;
label: Medium
content: Sugarbowl and lid: silver-plated metal;
label: Medium
content: Creamer: silver-plated metal