Nut Bowl
date: label: date made
content: ca 1885
label: date made
content: 1873-1886
notes: label: Description
content: Figural nut bowl or dish in the form of an acorn on an oak leaf with a forward-curved, arched, double-wire handle that has cast oak leaves applied to its bow; nut interior is gilt-washed. Three-knuckle hinge connecting nut and cup of scales has a removable pin secured to the cup by a small chain. Pins extending from the nut's sides slide inside the handle; pushing the handle back opens the nut. A triangular plate applied to the underside of the base is struck with five marks, an incuse circle containing a hammer-in-hand emblem bordered by "E.G.WEBSTER & BRO. / N.Y." in sans serif letters, "QUADRUPLE PLATE" arched above that, "HARD WHITE METAL" curved below, and the number "2" and "PAT. APPLIED FOR" along the bottom edge.
label: Description
content: Maker is E.G. Webster & Bros. of Brooklyn, NY; 1873-1886. Successor firm of Webster Mfg. Co. (establshed 1859) and succeeded by E.G. Webster & Son, which was acquired by International Silver Co. in 1928 and consolidated into Webster-Wilcox in 1961.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0698.01
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0698.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0698
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bowl, nut
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (gilt-washed interior material)
label: Physical Description
content: electroplated (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/8 in x 4 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 15.5575 cm x 11.7475 cm x 8.89 cm