Compote
Manufacturer
Clark & Biddle
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1865
MediumSterling silver | Gold plate
DimensionsOverall: 10 3/4 x 10 7/8 in. (27.3 x 27.6 cm)
Base: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Base: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
InscribedMarked on bottom: "Clark & Biddle" "425" a lion, anchor and a gothic "G", "Sterling" and "B 2".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number77.499
Not on view
DescriptionFooted compote. Tray is goldplated. Tray and foot are connected by a column designed as a winged sphinx (female head-lion's body). Two handles. Detachable foot.Exhibition HistorySILVER FROM THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Decorative Arts Gallery, September 16, 1993-February 11, 1994 Published ReferencesDavid Revere McFadden and Mark A. Clark, TREASURES FOR THE TABLE: SILVER FROM THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM, (Hudson Hills Press: New York, 1989), pp. 26, 44-45; no. 2 for illus.
ca. 1930
