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Covered Bowl with Lid

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MAKER David Hall
MEDIUM Silver
DATES ca. 1770
DIMENSIONS 6 1/8 x 4 3/16 x 4 3/16 in. (15.6 x 10.6 x 10.6 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS In rectangle, twice on bottom: "DH" Engraved on underside of foot and on inside rim of cover: "T/P over asterisk/E"
SIGNATURE no signature
INSCRIPTIONS no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER 82.243.2a-b
CREDIT LINE Gift of Wunsch Foundation, Inc.
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Sugar bowl (a) and lid (b), silver. Inverted pear-shaped body with applied vertical lip, on high applied, cast, splayed foot, overlapping double domed cover with applied, vertical lip and applied, cast, spiral "flame" finial. Condition: Good, with minor surface dents and scratches, some fire scale over body.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION David Hall. Covered Bowl with Lid, ca. 1770. Silver, 6 1/8 x 4 3/16 x 4 3/16 in. (15.6 x 10.6 x 10.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Wunsch Foundation, Inc., 82.243.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 82.243.2a-b_bw.jpg)
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David Hall. <em>Covered Bowl with Lid</em>, ca. 1770. Silver, 6 1/8 x 4 3/16 x 4 3/16 in. (15.6 x 10.6 x 10.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Wunsch Foundation, Inc., 82.243.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 82.243.2a-b_bw.jpg)