Centerpiece
date: label: date made
content: ca 1870s
label: date made
content: ca 1886
name: label: maker
content: Meriden Britannia Company
notes: label: Description
content: Egyptian Revival, two-bowl stand featuring a freestanding figure of Cleopatra atop a cylindrical pedestal supported by two loosely-clad women lanquidly admiring themselves in handheld mirrors seated at front and back. Tapered rectangular base has six feet, four bracketed at corners and two semicircular at sides. Circular, clear, pale-brown blown glass bowls or dishes have gilt crenellated rims and are painted with undulating bands of lily-of-the-valley in opaque polychrome enamels. Base underside is struck with two incuse circular marks, one containing a pointed shield with balanced scales bordered by "x MERIDEN x / B. COMPANY." in sans serif letters and the other "QUADRUPLE PLATE", the number "1050" nearby.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Meriden
topic: label: Subject
content: Eating
label: depicted; decorative motif
content: Egyptian Revival
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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 Gertrude Ullrich Small
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.0291
label: catalog number
content: 60.0291
label: accession number
content: 227244
objectType: label: Object Name
content: centerpiece
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (stand material)
label: Physical Description
content: electroplate (stand production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (bowls material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (bowl decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (bowl decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 1/2 in x 23 3/8 in x 12 1/8 in; 54.61 cm x 59.3725 cm x 30.7975 cm