Bowl
date: label: date made
content: ca 1928
name: label: owner; user
content: Murray, Anne Wood
notes: label: Description
content: Two-handled, circular bowl with everted rim, flared sides and round bottom on a straight tapered foot ring. Small, cast flowered-type handles are pierced with five voids. Underside of bottom struck incuse with small circular mark of Old Colony Pewter Makers.
label: Description
content: Firm's 1928 product catalog (also given by donor) notes this bowl was "patterned after a christening basin" into a functional accent piece, "exquisite" for holding flowers, fruit or desserts. It could be ordered with or without handles.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Colonial Revival
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. John H. Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0566.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0566
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0566.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bowl
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 13 in x 9 1/8 in; 8.89 cm x 33.02 cm x 23.1775 cm
label: Measurements
content: rim diameter: 9 1/8 in; 23.1775 cm
label: Measurements
content: base diameter: 4 in; 10.16 cm