Footbath

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Footbath

Entry/Object ID

1957.4.11

Description

Large, two handled, white oval dish with raised leaf pattern in white at each end. There is gold leaf around the base of the bowl and gold bands around middle and top. The interior of the rim is shaped to hold a cover. The center front bears the gilded inscription, "Mrs. Isaac Weeks".

Context

Owned by Eunice Faxon Weeks in Bennington, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1957.4

Source or Donor

Rugg, Harold Goddard (1883-1957)

Made/Created

Time Period

19th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Footbath

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bathtub

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Fixture, Plumbing

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Plumbing & Drainage Elements

Nomenclature Class

Building Components

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

8-3/4 in

Width

20 in

Depth

14 in

Material

Ceramic

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Weeks, Eunice Barnard Faxon (1800-1874)

Related Places

Place

City

Bennington

County

Bennington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America