Covered Dish
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MANUFACTURER
Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1865â1961
MEDIUM
Silverplate
DATES
ca. 1955
DIMENSIONS
5 3/8 x 15 9/16 x 11 7/16 in. (13.7 x 39.5 x 29.1 cm)
Other (Dish (a) ): 2 7/8 x 15 9/16 x 11 7/16 in. (7.3 x 39.5 x 29.1 cm)
Other (Cover (b) ): 3 1/8 x 10 x 10 in. (7.9 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Impressed on underside of bowl, in center: anchor within a shield / "F [?]" and "P" in Gothic script within square stamp / "GORHAM" / YC / GPG"
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
2002.14.3a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Richard L. Huggins
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Silverplate covered dish. Dish (a) consists of shallow bowl with rim that arches up around edge and extends at sides to form two wide, slightly squared handles. Shallow domed lid (b) fits within rim of bowl; large finial formed by tube that flares out at top.
Condition: Good; light scratches all over; a few pit marks around inside of dish.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Gorham Manufacturing Company (1865â1961). Covered Dish, ca. 1955. Silverplate, 5 3/8 x 15 9/16 x 11 7/16 in. (13.7 x 39.5 x 29.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Richard L. Huggins, 2002.14.3a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2002.14.3a-b.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 2002.14.3a-b.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
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