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Mirrored plateau
Marked by: Elkington, Mason & Co.
1842
Object Place: Europe, Birmingham, England
Medium/Technique
Metal; silverplate
Dimensions
7.6 cm (3 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lowell
Accession Number64.129
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionCircular with mahogany base hinged at feet. Border of grapes and leaves with three shell and scroll feet. Marks on one foor and on rim to left a silver shield with Lowell crest over script JAL. Modern silver plaque on bottom: "John Amory Lowell, 1798-1897
InscriptionsMARKS: on the side of one foot, maker's marks: E&Co with a crown above; E M &Co (in three separate squares); illegible mark, possibly M.
ARMORIALS: engraved on the cartouche, crest of Lowell and monogram JAL (crest is different from that on 64.128 -- a stag's head cabossed or. Bet the horns apheon [az?] (Bolton's Am Arm.)
INSCRIPTIONS: engraved on an applied plaque below, "Iohn Amory Lowell / 1798-1881 / Iohn Lowell / 1824-1897 / Iohn Lowell / 1856-1922".
SCRATCHES: punched underneath one foot (diff from foot with marks) "2142". Punched underneath another foot (also diff from foot with marks), "S".
ARMORIALS: engraved on the cartouche, crest of Lowell and monogram JAL (crest is different from that on 64.128 -- a stag's head cabossed or. Bet the horns apheon [az?] (Bolton's Am Arm.)
INSCRIPTIONS: engraved on an applied plaque below, "Iohn Amory Lowell / 1798-1881 / Iohn Lowell / 1824-1897 / Iohn Lowell / 1856-1922".
SCRATCHES: punched underneath one foot (diff from foot with marks) "2142". Punched underneath another foot (also diff from foot with marks), "S".