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Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Compote
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Compote

Manufacturer Ball, Black & Co. (American, circa 1851 - 1876)
CultureAmerican
Date1851-1876
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 13 x 10 5/8 in. (33 x 27 cm)
InscribedEngraved initials.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number77.506
Not on view
DescriptionFooted compote; base has circular center with three square feet protruding. Stylized scrollwork ending in heads of Pharoahs attached to stem above ball, supporting shallow dish with engraved ivy pattern, with engraved initials.

Published ReferencesEssays by David Revere McFadden, entries by Mark A. Clark. TREASURES FOR THE TABLE: SILVER FROM THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM. Hudson Hills Press, New York, In Assocation with The American Federation of Arts and The Chrysler Museum. 1989: pp. 44, 46; no. 4.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
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