Collections: Decorative Arts: Platter (Pacific Fleet with Admirals Charles Sperry and Robley Evans)

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Platter (Pacific Fleet with Admirals Charles Sperry and Robley Evans)

• Culture: American
• Medium: Glass
• Place Manufactured: USA
• Dates: 1908
• Dimensions: 1 x 11 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (2.5 x 28.6 x 20.6 cm)
• Inscriptions: Molded inscription around rim: "THE PACIFIC FLEET / SOUVENIR 1908" Molded inscriptions in central scene: "ADMIRALS" below eagle and "C.S.SPERRY" and "R.D.EVANS" below their respective busts.
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 40.236
• Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription
• Image: Overall, 40.236.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
American. Platter (Pacific Fleet with Admirals Charles Sperry and Robley Evans), 1908. Glass, 1 x 11 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (2.5 x 28.6 x 20.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.236 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.236.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Colorless pressed glass oval platter. Center decorated with maritime scene of the Pacific Fleet at sea. In the sky above the ocean, portrait busts of Admirals C. S. Sperry and R. D. Evans flank an eagle with spread wings standing atop American shield. Rim decorated with stippled pattern; inscribed "THE PACIFIC FLEET" along the top and "SOUVENIR 1908" along the bottom; laurel branches along sides. CONDITION: Good; tiny chips around edge and small crack in underside at one corner of American shield.