Cake Tray
date: label: date made
content: 1891 - 1899
label: date sold
content: 1891 - 1899
notes: label: Description
content: Oblong, boat-shaped tray with piercework border and applied beaded rim on four ball feet. Four incuse marks on underside are struck one at each side and end, all facing inward, "MOORE & LEDING" over "STERLING", "925/1000", calligraphy letters "H" and "L" separated by a raised four-leaf clover, and "854"; "718X" is scratched below quality mark.
label: Description
content: Maker is Howard Sterling Company of Providence, RI; in business, 1891-1902. Successor firm to H. Howard & Co., 1878-1884, and Howard & Son, 1884-1891. Both produced only electroplated wares until 1886, when Howard & Son began making sterling silverware. The electroplate division was sold in 1891 and the firm renamed itself Howard Sterling Company.
label: Description
content: Retailed by Moore & Leding, jewelers and silversmiths, of Washington, DC; in business, 1881-1899. Firm also designed souvenir spoons made for them by Gorham.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
label: place retailed
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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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 Kate Session Marsh
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.383716
label: catalog number
content: 383716
label: accession number
content: 166645
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tray
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 26.035 cm x 10.795 cm