bowl, waste
date: label: date made
content: c. 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Inverted pear-shaped waste bowl decorated with intertwined oak branches with acorns around its shoulder; engraved "M\L/K" on one side above the circular, low-domed, ruffle-edged foot. Gilt-washed interior. Underside of flat bottom struck incuse with a stylized "M" trademark, "STERLING" in sans serif letters, and "815" in roman letters with "5.468" scratched below. From a six-piece coffee and tea service, 1980.0027.01-.06.
label: Description
content: Maker is Marcus & Co., of New York, NY; 1892-1962 (merged with Black, Starr & Frost; founded 1810-present).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Henry and Mary K. Porter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0027.04
label: accession number
content: 1980.0027
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0027.04
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0027.01-06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bowl, waste
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (gilt wash material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 5 5/8 in; 12.065 cm x 14.2875 cm