Fruit Stand
date: label: date made
content: ca 1878
name: label: maker
content: Meriden Britannia Company
notes: label: Description
content: Circular, clear, colorless pressed glass bowl or dish resting atop a trumpet-shape stand formed by three incurved brackets mounted to a truncated conical base die-stamped with flowers and leaves. Cast eight-petaled daisies are applied to the tops of the supports. Interior of wavy-rim bowl is smooth, while its exterior has alternating panels of single radiating stars and a cane pattern with diamonds; a circular projection on its bottom fits into the holder. Underside of stand base is struck with an incuse circular mark containing a pointed shield with balanced scales bordered by "MERIDEN / B. COMPANY" in sans serif letters above "179".
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: 1984.0424.08
label: accession number
content: 1984.0424
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0424.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stand, fruit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (stand material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (bowl material)
label: Physical Description
content: electroplated (stand production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 8 3/4 in; 27.94 cm x 22.225 cm