Hot-Water Dish

Object/Artifact

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Boscobel House and Gardens

Name/Title

Hot-Water Dish

Entry/Object ID

S 66.17 a, b

Description

The silver-plate rectangular four-part hot-water dish stands on four button feet and has shaped fruitwood handles on each end. The hot-water warming dish is fitted with a conforming cover that supports a similarly shaped serving dish with a domed cover. The serving dish and cover have gadrooned borders; the cover has a loop handle. The base is monogrammed "ECD".

Category

Silver

Acquisition

Accession

S 66.17

Source or Donor

John Conover

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Purchase, 1961

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Date made

circa 1803

Place

* Untyped Place

Probably Sheffield, England

Dimensions

Height

6-3/4 in

Width

14-1/8 in

Depth

8 in

Material

Silver plate, Wood

Provenance

Notes

Bought by States Morris Dyckman in England: see Walter Smith bill dated, November, 28, 1803. Boscobel purchased from John Conover, Ossining, NY 5/13/61