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Chalice

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1862-1877

GUSN

GUSN-22125

Description

Silver chalice w/ vegetal scrolled motif below top banding; band w/ vertical striations encircling rim; design is etched.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chalices
etching (corroding)
etching (printing process)
silver (metal)
leaf scrolls
Silver
Etched
Scroll
CHALICE

Inscription

Embossed on bottom: ""ROGERS, SMITH & CO/ NEW HAVEN, CT/ NO. 1503"" [w/ in circle]

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Rogers, Smith & Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

New Haven, CT, USA

Dimensions

5.5 (H), 3 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.763

Reference Notes

Rainwater, Dorothy T., Author. American Silver Manufacturers. EVERYBODYS PRESS, 1966.

Places

Connecticut (United States)

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