Collection Highlights
At the Battle of Palo Alto
Date:
1846
Object Number:
PR.068.24
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cake basket
Object Number:
1942.376
Date:
1896
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 10 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. ( 5.1 x 26 x 20 cm )
Marks:
engraved: in the center: "MDBM" in script
stamped: on the base: lion passant in a chamfered rectangle, anchor in a shield, and a gothic "G" in a chamfered square above, "STERLING/ 4025" above a shell
Description:
Wrought silver cake basket; oval bowl-shaped body with two shallow flutes on each side; pierced decoration around the sides, foliate scrolls in the flutes, lattice at the ends and scroll and shell lattice at the sides; cast and applied shell and foliate scroll decoration around the rim; engraved, "MDBM" in the center in script; maker's marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Wilmot T. Cox
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
