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Bowl

Attributed To: Nehemiah Bassett (Designer), active ca. 1795-1819
Medium: Silver
Place Made: Albany, New York, USA
Dates: ca. 1825
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. (14.0 x 18.1 x 18.1 cm)
Markings: Struck on bottom: "BASSETT" in rectangle with pseudo-hallmarks of eagle's head above and below.
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: L1999.7
Credit Line: Lent by Wunsch Americana Foundation, Inc.
Image: Overall, L1999.7.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: Hemispherical bowl with a collar comprising embossed half-round convex band below out-curving rim. Body sits on sloping pedestal foot terminating in short, horizontally reeded foot rim. Engraved on one side in script: JLB.

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