Silver Presentation Pitcher for Colonel Isaac O. Barnes, 1853
date: label: date made
content: 1853
notes: label: Description
content: This presentation pitcher is made of coin silver, chased and embossed and was created by the Boston business, Ball & Company, in 1853 and presented to Colonel Isaac O. Barnes. As clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court in Massachusetts, Colonel Barnes presided during a time when many Irish immigrated to escape the potato famine in the mid-1800s. The foreign population of Boston presented him with this silver presentation pitcher in recognition of his efforts to support their paths to citizenship.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston, East Boston
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston, East Boston
topic: label: Subject
content: abolitionism
label: Subject
content: African American History
label: Subject
content: social reform
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0294.001
label: accession number
content: 2014.0294
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0294.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher
label: Object Type
content: silver
label: Object Type
content: Pitcher
label: Object Type
content: vine scrolls
label: Object Type
content: acanthus
label: Object Type
content: coin silver
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pure coin silver (overall coin silver)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 cm x 12.1 cm; 12 7/32 in x 4 3/4 in