Three-Piece Three Service
Maker
Obadiah Rich
(American, 1809-1888)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1840
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (15.9 x 13.3 x 9.5 cm)
InscribedMarked on bottom: "O.RICH" "fine" Boston".
Credit LineBequest of Florence L. Smith
Object number52.18.212
On View
Not on viewExhibition History"Treasures for the Table: Silver From the Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, June 15 - Aug. 6, 1989; R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA, Sept. 30 - Nov. 25, 1989; Columbia Museum, Columbia, SC, Dec.16, 1989 - Feb. 10, 1990; The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA, March 10 - May 5, 1990; Huntington Galleries, Huntington, WV, Aug. 25 - Oct. 20, 1990; Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA, Nov. 17, 1990 - Jan. 12, 1991; The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, Feb. 15 - March 17, 1991. (Exhib. cat. no. 57). 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. 96, 98; no. 57.
