Caster
date: label: date made
content: 1852
notes: label: Description
content: Double-bellied, baluster or pear-shape caster on pedestal base with a high-domed, friction-fit, perforated cover topped by a compressed ball. Repoussé chased C scrolls and flowers encircle body, cover and circular, molded foot; triangular reserve on belly is engraved "SP" in conjoined foliate script. Underside of rounded bottom struck with two concentric circles at center, "W. G. & [S.]" in raised serif letters in a rectangle above, and combined maker-date mark of "[G] / & / S" in an oval over a circle over "1 / 5 2 / 8" in a diamond or lozenge below.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: Associated Place
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Eating
setName: label: See more items in
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 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wallace Dunn, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.307672.0012
label: catalog number
content: 307672.0012
label: accession number
content: 307672
objectType: label: Object Name
content: caster
label: Object Type
content: Shaker
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 15.5575 cm x 5.3975 cm