Plate
date: label: date made
content: 1875 - 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Souvenir or commemorative circular plate with the winged Lion of Saint Mark as seen on the Venetian coat of arms chased on its well, depicted slightly in perspective standing left with haloed head towards viewer and right front paw holding a sword and resting on an open book inscribed "PAX / TIBI / MAR / CE" and "EVAN / GEL / ISTA" (Latin for "Peace unto you, Mark, (my) evangelist"). Running punchwork borders of a sun or star motif around well and arches or scallops above eight-petaled daisies inside single-reeded rim. No foot ring. Several wrigglework letters and numbers on underside, including "C(?)", "B.L." and "25" on rim and "G P" on well. No decipherable touch marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Venetan, Venice
label: place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: coat-of-arms
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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 Miss Mary E. Maxwell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.387157
label: catalog number
content: 387157
label: accession number
content: 175755
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plate
label: Object Type
content: plate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 9 1/8 in; 1.905 cm x 23.1775 cm