Cake Basket
date: label: date made
content: 1879
label: date made
content: 1883
label: inscribed date
content: 1883-06-05
name: label: parent company
content: Meriden Britannia Company
notes: label: Description
content: Bail-handled, footed, oblong dish or tray with peaked sides and relief-decorated, everted ends featuring raised clusters of fruits and flowers. Shaft with flared ends and triple-ring knop is joined to a double-domed pedestal base with engraved inscription "Maud from her Classmates June 5" 1883." above its reeded edge. Die-rolled, sawtooth-patterned bands are applied around tray rim and upper dome of base. Segmented arched handle with daisy medallions and rosettes is topped by a horizontal crosspiece. Base underside is struck incuse with a curvilinear shield containing "ROGERS.SMITH (arched) / - & C\o. - / MERIDEN C\T / QUADRUPLE (curved)" above "1824."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Meriden
topic: label: depicted; decorative motif
content: Flowers
label: depicted; decorative motif
content: Fruit
label: Subject
content: Presentation
label: Subject
content: School
label: Subject
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Insilco Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0424.12
label: accession number
content: 1984.0424
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0424.12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: basket, cake
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: electroplated (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 14 in x 8 7/8 in; 20.32 cm x 35.56 cm x 22.5425 cm