Saucer
date: label: date made
content: after 1891
notes: label: Description
content: Chased and repousse circular dish or saucer with upturned edge decorated as a peacock or plumed bird; head (possibly extended into a handle) broken off. Iridescent finish. Struck incuse at center of underside "SAMURAI SHOKAI. / YOKOHAMA. / STERLING." in sans serif letters.
label: Description
content: Retailed by Samurai Sokai (roughly translated, "store of the samurai"), Kurio King, Yokohama, Japan; founded in 1894 by Yozo Nomura (1870-1965).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
label: place retailed
content: Japan: Kanagawa, Yokohama
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of August Mencken
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.68.0466
label: catalog number
content: 68.0466
label: accession number
content: 274913
objectType: label: Object Name
content: saucer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 4 5/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 11.7475 cm