Saucer
date: label: date made
content: 1885
name: label: maker
content: Magee Furnace Company
notes: label: Description
content: Decorative circular saucer or small plate having an everted rim and flat well ornamented by low-relief Japanese dragons encircling a pseudo-Japanese seal at center on a square spiral-patterned ground. Cast iron, the body electroplated in copper with black and verde antique finishes in imitation of patinated shakudō and the dragons electroplated in brass shaded with silver. Small hole pierced in rim. No foot ring. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place company located
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: place foundry located
content: United States: Massachusetts, Chelsea
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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 the Magee Furnace Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.093488
label: catalog number
content: 93488
label: accession number
content: 16161
objectType: label: Object Name
content: saucer
label: Other Terms
content: Ashtray; Smoking Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper, electroplated (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver, electroplated (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass, electroplated (decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 12.065 cm