Covered Cup
date: label: date made
content: 1760-1820
notes: label: Description
content: Two-handled raised urn with repousse and punchwork floral decoration on a pedestal base with compressed ball stem and flared-and-domed foot; removable, circular stepped cover has large threaded opening for cylindrical reservoir below. Cast bead-and-scroll molding is applied to the everted rim; and cast openwork reeded baluster handles have leafy terminals. Underside of flat bottom struck with three marks, what appear to be the raised gothic or Old English letters "K", "D" and "S(?)" in five-pointed shields. No marks on cover.
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: Bequest of Miss Elizabeth S. Stevens
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.311523
label: catalog number
content: 311523
label: accession number
content: 64443
objectType: label: Object Name
content: urn
label: Object Name
content: vase
label: Object Name
content: lamp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/2 in x 9 7/8 in x 9 3/4 in; 36.83 cm x 25.0825 cm x 24.765 cm