Artist/Maker
Whiting Manufacturing Co.
(active 1866 - 1926)
Bonbon dish
ca. 1900
Place madeProvidence, Rhode Island, United States, North America
Silver
Overall: 2 x 10 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. ( 5.1 x 26.4 x 18.1 cm )
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder, 12/14/73
INV.14485
DescriptionWrought silver bonbon dish; oval bowl-shaped body with eight narrow, shallow flutes along the slightly flared sides; wide scalloped rim covered with repoussé chased flowers, and scrolls around the edge; engraved, "E E G" in the center of the bowl, in script; maker's marks on the base.Markingsengraved: center of the bowl: "E E G" in script
stamped: on the base: "STERLING/ 5872" over a two headed animal holding a "W" in a circle
ClassificationsSILVER
