Commemorative Cake Stand for Cyrus Field
date: label: date made
content: 1866
notes: label: Description
content: Collecting curator George C. Maynard wrote in 1899: "One piece (only), of a set of Silver Service presented to Cyrus W. Field by George Peabody. ... Plate on one side of bowl bears the inscription: 'George Peabody to Cyrus W. Field in testimony and commemoration of an act of very high commercial integrity and honor. New York 24. Nov. 1866.'" Plate on opposite side of bowl bears profile portraits of Field and Peabody." Etched on the inside of the base: "36/2"; stamped in base: "220" and what appear to be three stylized initials.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Isabella Field Judson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.037662
label: catalog number
content: 037662
label: accession number
content: 116488
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cake Stand
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 13 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in; 14.605 cm x 34.29 cm x 26.035 cm