Bowl
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1900
notes: label: Description
content: Norse Revival style or Dragestil bowl with squat, bulbous sides and wide opening; gilt-washed interior. Four, equidistant, cast and applied plaques are set within the chased and repousse band of interlaced scrollwork around the body; they depict a king, an archbishop, a queen, and the coat of arms of Trondheim, which shows an archbishop in a church archway at left blessing a crowned king holding scales in a castle archway at right, a large arch and three male heads are below. A geometric band of triangles and arcs encrcles the flat bottom. Bottom underside struck incuse "J. SMEJDA (arched) / 8.30 / TRONDHJEM (curved)" in sans serif letters in an oval outline.
label: Description
content: Maker is Josef Sejda (1870-1934) of Trondhjem or Trondheim, Norway.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Norway: Trøndelag, Trondheim
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Mary Maxwell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.368797
label: catalog number
content: 368797
label: accession number
content: 107929
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bowl
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (gilt wash material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 8 in; 8.89 cm x 20.32 cm