Salt Dish
date: label: date made
content: ca 1873
name: label: maker
content: Meriden Britannia Company
notes: label: Description
content: Open salt shaped as a hemispherical water lily with horizontal, S-scroll stem attached to flat lily pad. Gilt-washed interior. Underside of pad struck with incuse circular mark containing a pointed shield with balanced scales bordered by "x MERIDEN x / B. COMPANY." in sans serif letters above "31". Black plastic label embossed "459" adhered on bottom underside. One of four, 1984.0424.04-.07.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Meriden
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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: 1984.0424.04
label: accession number
content: 1984.0424
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0424.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dish, salt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (gilt wash material)
label: Physical Description
content: electroplated (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 5.3975 cm x 4.445 cm