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Footed dish
Marked by: RN
English (London)
1655–56
Object Place: Europe, London, England
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
H. 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.); Diameter (of bowl) 20.6 cm (8 1/8 in.); Weight 391.2 gm (12 oz 12 dwt)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833-1914)
Accession Number33.65
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionThe bowl rests on a low trumpet-shaped foot divided into eight lobes with vertically chased lines. The curved sides of the bowl are divided into nine lobed panels, each enclosing a chased line. The center is slightly domed.
Construction:
The bowl is raised and chased; the raised foot is applied.
Construction:
The bowl is raised and chased; the raised foot is applied.
Marks
On rim of bowl, leopard's head crowned; maker's mark RN a mullet between pellets above (Jackson, 1921, p. 125; rev. ed. 1989, p. 122); lion passant (repeated on underside of foot); date letter S
ProvenanceSold Christie, Manson & Woods, London, May 1, 1918, lot 27; Goldsmiths' and Silversmiths' Co., by 1922; Anonymous gift to the MFA in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833–1914). (Accession Date: March 2, 1933)