Child's Bowl
date: label: date made
content: 1900
label: date made
content: 1898
label: inscribed date; donor's birthday
content: 1900-06-20
label: inscribed date; donor's christening date
content: 1900-08-26
name: label: maker
content: Gorham Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Circular footed bowl with low-relief band of emblems for nine nursery rhymes around exterior of the slightly flared rim. Engraved in script on opposite sides of body "Virginia M\c/Kenney. / from / Grandfather and Grandmother. / McKenney / June 20\th/.. / 1900." and "Baptized, August 26\th/.. 1900. / by / The Reverend William B. Bodine D.D. / Elberon, New Jersey." Sides rounded at bottom; molded foot ring. Underside of flat bottom struck incuse with Gorham trademark (right-facing lion passant, anchor, and gothic or Old English "G", without surrounds) above "STERLING" and "A110", with a three-arrow mark to left; "1022-18" scratched above. Part of bowl and plate set, DL.307672.0010-.0011.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
label: place owned; place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: associated place
content: United States: New Jersey, Long Branch
topic: label: Subject
content: Baby
label: Subject
content: Birthdays, General
label: Subject
content: Christening
label: Subject
content: Family
label: Subject
content: Gifts & Presents
label: Subject
content: Girls
label: Subject
content: nursery rhyme
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wallace Dunn, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.307672.0010
label: catalog number
content: 307672.0010
label: accession number
content: 307672
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bowl
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 4 5/8 in; 6.35 cm x 11.7475 cm