Baptismal Bowl
date: label: date made
content: ca 1795 - 1816
notes: label: Description
content: Shallow, footed, circular bowl with narrow, molded rim, rounded sides and broad, slightly rounded bottom on a domed base with short, bulging stem; single incised line inside bottom, two on stem, and one each on exterior of bowl and base. Partial marks inside bowl include the circular eagle touchmark of Samuel Danforth at center above "[HA]RTFORD" in a serrated rectangle with four incuse "X" quality marks arranged around them as points of a diamond or lozenge.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
topic: label: Subject
content: Baptism
label: Subject
content: Christening
label: Subject
content: Christianity
label: Subject
content: Ecclesiastical Wares
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Religion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Dr. Joseph H. Kler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0027.61
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0027.61
label: accession number
content: 1986.0027
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bowl, baptismal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 7 5/8 in; 8.255 cm x 19.3675 cm
label: Measurements
content: rim diameter: 7 5/8 in; 19.3675 cm
label: Measurements
content: base diameter: 6 5/8 in; 16.8275 cm