Slop Bowl
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Silver
DATES
ca. 1868
DIMENSIONS
4 x 5 5/16 x 5 5/16 in. (10.2 x 13.5 x 13.5 cm)
(show scale)
MARKINGS
Stamped on bottom: "Tiffany & Company / 1516 / M Quality 925-1000 M / 2740 / 550 Broadway"
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed on one side of bowl: "Presented to / Peter B. Anderson / by the / Old Dominion Steamship Co. / 1868."
Inscribed on the opposite side: a large paddle wheel steamboat.
ACCESSION NUMBER
71.144.4
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Eleanor Keveney in memory of Clarence A. Pratt
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Silver slop bowl, one of a five-piece service. Globular body with modified Greek key band around the mid-section; top opening flare outward with slightly molded rim.
CONDITION: Six minor dents in body.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Tiffany & Company (American, founded 1853). Slop Bowl, ca. 1868. Silver, 4 x 5 5/16 x 5 5/16 in. (10.2 x 13.5 x 13.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Eleanor Keveney in memory of Clarence A. Pratt, 71.144.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.144.4_front.jpg)
IMAGE
front, 71.144.4_front.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
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