Bonbon Basket
date: label: date made
content: 1875 - 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Silver filigree, bail-handled, footed basket. Circular body consists of eight trapezoidal panels topped by 8-lobed fans or shells for the sides and a large circular flower for well; small spool shaft and low-domed circular foot are screwed to threaded rod attached to cable-bordered domed boss at center. Designs are outlined with thin, solid strips and embellished with smaller matching bosses. Hinged handle has a 6-petaled flower at bow, pointed ovals along sides and elongated drops for ends. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Tuscany, Florence
label: place owned
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Eating
label: Subject
content: Sugar
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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 Miss Christine W. Biddle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.284305
label: catalog number
content: 284305
label: accession number
content: 57109
objectType: label: Object Name
content: basket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver wire (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 7.3025 cm x 15.875 cm