Baptismal Bowl
date: label: date made
content: 1822 - 1860
label: date made
content: ca 1835
notes: label: Description
content: Footed circular bowl with flared sides and everted rim reeded along its under edge on a circular, ogee-molded base with tall, incurved stem. Rounded underside of bowl struck with touchmark of "ROSWELL GLEASON" in incuse roman letters.
label: Description
content: One of four pieces - a flagon, pair of chalices and baptismal bowl, 1986.0027.62-.65 - from the First Methodist Church of Greenfield, MA.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston, Dorchester
label: place used
content: United States: Massachusetts, Greenfield
topic: label: Subject
content: Church
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Religion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Dr. Joseph H. Kler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0027.65
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0027.65
label: accession number
content: 1986.0027
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bowl, baptismal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 8 1/8 in; 13.335 cm x 20.6375 cm