Bowl
date: label: date made
content: 1845
label: date presented
content: 1845-11-20
notes: label: Description
content: Scrollwork-engraved octagonal or eight-paneled bowl with square banded rim on conforming, stepped-ogee foot. Seven panels feature large, S-curve plumes topped by a single flower, while the eighth has a symmetrical C-scroll reserve inscribed "Mary Hooper / to Henry & Harriet Hooper / Nov\r/. 20. 1845." in script. Underside of flat bottom struck above and below centerpoint "LOWS, BALL & CO." and "Sterling Silver", both in raised roman letters in rectangles.
label: Description
content: Maker is Lows, Ball & Co. of Boston, MA; in partnership, 1840-1846. Predecessor firm of Shreve, Crump & Low.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Robert R. McCormick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.64.0052
label: catalog number
content: 64.0052
label: accession number
content: 246243
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bowl
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 7/8 in x 7 5/8 in; 9.8425 cm x 19.3675 cm