tray
date: label: date made
content: 1813-1814
notes: label: Description
content: Two-handled, rounded rectangular tray with raised edge and applied, cast gadrooned rim; engraved at center of flat well with a wreath of oak leaves and acorns above the inscription "Septem. 10\th/. 1813. / Signalized our first triumph in squadron, / A very superiour, BRITISH FORCE ON LAKE ERIE / was entirely subdued by / Com. O.H.PERRY / whose gallantry in action is equalled only, / by his humanity in victory. / (line of crossed oak branches) / Presented in Honour of the Victor / by the Citizens of / BOSTON." Everted, rectangular loop handles have five-pointed ends. Two rectangular bars or battens run the width of the tray and are secured by three clips or bands; one band broken.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: place engraved; place presented
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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 Anita G. English, Lilla Cabot Levitt, and Elizabeth S. Lyon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0121.07
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0121.07
label: accession number
content: 1985.0121
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tray
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (supports material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 25 5/8 in x 16 1/4 in x 6 5/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 65.0875 cm x 41.275 cm x 16.8275 cm