Covered Dish, Battleship with Admiral George Dewey
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CULTURE
American
MEDIUM
Glass
DATES
1899
DIMENSIONS
4 1/4 x 6 5/8 x 3 in. (10.8 x 16.8 x 7.6 cm) (show scale)
INSCRIPTIONS
Molded on side of lid, below portrait bust: "DEWEY"
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
40.260a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
White milk glass dish (a) and cover (b) molded into the shape of battleship surmounted by portrait bust of Admiral Dewey. Ovoid dish with pointed ends has molded decorations: on bow, masthead of eagle atop U.S. shield, and serpentine lines suggesting parting waves at bottom; along each side, three portholes flanked by square windows through which foreshortened cannon protrudes; on stern, small U.S. shield. Matching oval lid rises to low dome covered by furled U.S. flags and extended flag poles. Atop this sits bust of Dewey (as the finial) facing the sides of the ship, molded "DEWEY" below bust.
CONDITION: Fair; chips along top and bottom edges of dish and edge of rim; large chip on tip of proper left flagpole; all over dirt; hairline crack on inner edge of boat/dish on port side.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
American. Covered Dish, Battleship with Admiral George Dewey, 1899. Glass, 4 1/4 x 6 5/8 x 3 in. (10.8 x 16.8 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.260a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.260a-b.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 40.260a-b.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
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