New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Bonbon Dish

Manufacturer Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, founded 1831)

Designer William Christmas Codman (English, 1839 - 1921)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1899

MediumSilver

DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (14 x 31.1 cm)

InscribedFully marked inside pedestal foot: Lion (silver); Eagle over an anchor (symbol of Rhode Island); 950-1000 fine, encircled (quality of silver); + (unknown); Sickle (mark for year 1899). Plain center is monogrammed "FA".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.951.2

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DescriptionMartele footed serving dish with an undulating edge. Foliate designs and floral designs with a child's head centered in each large blossom in relief. Plain center is monogrammed "FA".

Exhibition 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; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY, June 2 - July 28, 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. 5). 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. 48-49, no. 5.