Garniture
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1900
notes: label: Description
content: Arched-handle, rectangular, rice shell basket on four splayed feet accented along its rim and handle with flowers crafted from a variety of other shells attached to wire stems and branches, some wrapped in silk thread. Covered by a clear colorless glass dome or shade that fits on a circular wood base covered on three ball feet. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made; place used
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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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 August Mencken
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.68.0477
label: catalog number
content: 68.0477
label: accession number
content: 274913
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shellwork
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shell (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk thread (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (shade material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (base material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 1/2 in x 15 1/4 in; 44.45 cm x 38.735 cm