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Bowl
Richard Dimes Company (active 1908–1955)
about 1928
Object Place: South Boston, MA
Medium/Technique
Sterling silver
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 8.9 x 28.1 cm (3 1/2 x 11 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Janet B. Rushmere in memory of Margaret Carolyn Buckley Bardo
Accession Number2015.2223
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
DescriptionLarge decorative bowl with interior acanthus leaf and beading pattern, inscribed with monogram "MCB / 1928"
Marks
Four stamps found on the underside of the foot, in clockwise order from the top:
Stamped "Dimes"
Stamped "RD" flanked by feathered wings / 89 5 underside of foot
Stamped "IRISH / REPRODUCTION"
Stamped "Sterling"
Stamped "Dimes"
Stamped "RD" flanked by feathered wings / 89 5 underside of foot
Stamped "IRISH / REPRODUCTION"
Stamped "Sterling"
InscriptionsMonogram inscribed on the interior side of the bowl: "MCB / 1928"
Provenance1928, given by the maker as a wedding gift to his granddaughter, Margaret Carolyn Buckley; 1954, by descent to Janet Ellen Bardo Chance on the occasion of her wedding; 2015, gift of Chance to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 22, 2015)