Bowl
Decorative Arts
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Silver
DATES
ca. 1775-1776
DIMENSIONS
height: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); diameter: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm); diameter of foot: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
MARKINGS
On bottom: leopard's head crowned / lion passant / u in gothic letter /I.K
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
Above each swag is engraved. On front, in script: "To my esteemed friend / John Marshall Esqre / From Joseph Prentis 1793."
Clockwise: a fox running in a landscape.
Clockwise: "P" in script.
ACCESSION NUMBER
88.21.3
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Wunsch Americana Foundation, Inc.
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Bowl, silver. Simple foot band 1/2" high. Above this is an area of fluted decoration on the underside of the bowl. The bowl is decorated with four repoussé floral rosettes; between these rosettes repoussé swags of husks are draped and two pendant husks hang from each side of rosette.
CONDITION: Minor scratches throughout, especially at engraved inscription. Old repair to rim above flower to the right of engraved inscription.
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