Fruit Stand
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
notes: label: Description
content: Clipped-corner square, colorless, frosted glass bowl on a bail-handled stand with four, incurved, looped supports ending in three-toed paw feet on a flared conforming base. Cast flowers decorate the supports and a winged putto holding a basket or bowl sits on the base in the middle of them. Plain-rimmed glass bowl or dish has a smooth interior and is cut with five stems of facets on each side. Underside of stand base is struck incuse with a circular mark for "WILCOX SILVER PLATE C\o." with crossed raising hammers at center and the number "0901" below.
label: Description
content: Maker is Wilcox Silver Plate Co. of Meriden, CT. The firm was founded as Wilcox Britannia Co. in 1865, and changed its name to Wilcox Silver Plate Co. in 1867. It was one of the founding members of International Silver Co. in 1898; Insilco continued to use the Wilcox name and trademark until circa 1961 when the line was consolidated with E. G. Webster & Son (purchased by Insilco in 1928) into Webster-Wilcox.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Meriden
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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 Dr. Eleanor F. Dolan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.258633.0026
label: catalog number
content: 258633.0026
label: accession number
content: 258633
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stand, fruit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (stand material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (bowl material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 10 1/2 in x 8 5/8 in; 22.86 cm x 26.67 cm x 21.9075 cm