Collection Highlights
Life studies of the Great Army
Date:
1876
Object Number:
PR.002.Album383
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Waiter
Object Number:
1954.40
Date:
1770/71
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. ( 2.9 x 17.5 cm )
Marks:
engraved: cipher in the center: "F C" in foliate script
engraved: on the base: "1763"
stamped: on the base: "P" in gothic script i a shield, lion passant in a rectangle, leopard's head crowned in a shield, "E * C" in a rectangle
Description:
Wrought silver waiter; flat, round dish with an applied, cast, scrolled lip and applied, cast, scrolled and shell rim; three cast molded pad feet; contemporary cipher engraved in the center, "F C" in foliate script; engraved on the base, "1763;" maker's marks stamped on the base.
Gallery Label:
This waiter belonged to the Fee family of Barbados, West Indies.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss M. Gertrude Deavenport, in memory of her mother and sister
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
