Sugar Shell, Brilliant Pattern
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
DESIGNERS
W.C. Beattie; William Parkin
MEDIUM
Silver plate
DATES
ca. 1875
DIMENSIONS
6 1/16 x 1 1/2 in. (15.4 x 3.8 cm)
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
1994.165.78
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Paul F. Walter
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Undecorated scalloped bowl. Small oval projection at base of handle. Sides of handle flare gradually to rounded crest. Molded decoration begins on lower handle with small flower with two pairs of leaves below whose long stem is intersected by two narrow diagonals. Upper section of handle with continuous narrow border of tripartite leaf motif. Below crest large diagonal tripartite band with undecorated central area, zigzag border above and border of overlapping decorated disks below. In curve of crest above diagonal overall Oriental diaper pattern. Below diagonal, half-sun motif and waving plant stems with long leaves and small flowers against stippled ground. Reverse of handle with identical decoration.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
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