Niello Cake Stand
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: King Maha Mongkut
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SHALLOW TRAY WITH DENTICULATE RIM, ON A WIDE HIGH PEDESTAL. SILVER BODY WITH THE STAMPED AND INCISED FLORAL DESIGNS INLAID WITH GOLD AND THE BACKGROUND IN BLACK ENAMEL TO PRODUCE WHAT IS KNOWN AS NIELLO ENAMEL. IN CENTER OF BOWL THE DESIGN ALSO INCLUDES A BULL-LIKE ANIMAL FIGURE. TOP IS FASTENED TO THE PEDESTAL WITH A SCREW." Inventoried 1968, 1974.
label: Notes
content: As of 1997, there was both a nielloware bowl and a nielloware stand with number E63. The stand and bowl may go together, or the stand may actually be E65, the supporting tray for teapot E65 (compare to similar object E59)??
label: Notes
content: Illustrated and described in McQuail, Lisa. 1997. "Treasures of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the United States of America" Smithsonian Institution. p. 54-55
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Siamese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 266032
label: USNM Number
content: E63-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl / Stand