Dish
date: label: date made
content: ca 1811
notes: label: Description
content: Six serpentine-lobed circular dish with molded rim and deep, flat well; no foot ring. Center of one lobe engraved with crest of a hand erect holding a crescent. Rim underside struck with a "W" or "VV" in a rectangle and "Sheffield Arms" or eight crossed arrows in a large diamond or lozenge on one side and with an incuse triangle on the opposite side. One of two dishes, DL*391171A-B.
label: Description
content: Maker is TJ & N Creswick (Thams James & Nathaniel Creswick) of Sheffield, England; produced both sterling silver and silver plated wares. They registered the "Sheffield Arms" or crossed arrows mark in 1811 for Old Sheffield or fused plate. Began electroplating in 1852, and changed name to Creswick & Co. in 1855.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Sheffield, Sheffield
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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 Daughters of Mrs. Alice Pike Barney
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.391171A
label: catalog number
content: 391171A
label: accession number
content: 191430
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dish
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 12 in; 4.7625 cm x 30.48 cm