Tray
date: label: date made
content: 1885
name: label: maker
content: Magee Furnace Company
notes: label: Description
content: Decorative, rounded horizontal rectangular tray with shallow curved sides and flat well ornamented in low relief with the half-man, half-beast figure of Raijin, the Japanese god of storms, thunder, and lightning, as he leaps amidst clouds and waves to strike his sticks at nine drums swirling about his head. Cast iron; the entire piece electroplated in copper, then the ribbons in silver and the drums, his sticks, headband and drapery in gold, followed by black and verde antique finishes in imitation of patinated shakudō. Small hanging hole pierced at upper right. No foot ring. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place company located
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: place foundry located
content: United States: Massachusetts, Chelsea
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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 the Magee Furnace Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.093490
label: catalog number
content: 93490
label: accession number
content: 16161
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tray
label: Other Terms
content: Ashtray; Smoking Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper, electroplated (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver, electroplated (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold, electroplated (decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 9 1/8 in x 6 5/8 in; 1.27 cm x 23.1775 cm x 16.8275 cm