Salver
date: label: date made
content: 1737
notes: label: Description
content: Flat circular tray on three hoof feet having a raised and shaped edge of six scrolled brackets separated by single reeds and a conforming, applied cast rim punctuated by twelve equidistant shells at outer edge. Engraved at center inside well with an impaled coat of arms encircled by symmetrical scrollwork. Well underside struck with four hallmarks, placed side-by-side but facing opposite directions: the raised roman letter "b" in five-pointed shield; a footed and handled vessel between the script initials "IT" in rounded square; crowned leopard's head in five-pointed shield; and left-facing lion passant in rounded rectangle; scratched "17=13 (dwt?)" near edge opposite hallmarks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
label: place owned; place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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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 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wallace Dunn, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.307672.0013
label: catalog number
content: 307672.0013
label: accession number
content: 307672
objectType: label: Object Name
content: salver
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 6 5/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 16.8275 cm