Pitcher
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850
label: presentation date
content: 1851-12-25
notes: label: Description
content: Repousse chased ovoid pitcher on tall, flared pedestal base with domed circular foot; floral designs include a reserve on front of body engraved with a crest on wreath depicting a right (dexter) arm cuffed holding a dagger or sword erect proper with laurel wreath suspended from its tip above the gothic or Old English letters "H. M\c/. K." Curved, single-beaded rim with narrow V-shaped pouring lip. Cast, C- and S-curve grapevine handle has roses at middle and ends in scrolling acanthus. Exterior of foot is struck "11 \2 (underlined)" in a rectangle and "A. E. WARNER" in a serrated rectangle, while interior is engraved "Presented to S. B. M\c/..Kim by her Mother C. A. Birckhead Dec\r/.. 25\th/.. 1851" in script.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
label: place used
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: Subject
content: Presentation
label: Subject
content: Christmas
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 Mrs. William Duncan McKim
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.382530
label: catalog number
content: 382530
label: accession number
content: 161740
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 7 in x 4 5/8 in; 27.94 cm x 17.78 cm x 11.7475 cm