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Inverted helmet shape; beaded curviform mouth; surmounts waisted stem with wide flared foot; beaded ring at foot and at join to body, whole on square base; applied exaggerated C-scroll handle rising above body.
pots (containers)
silver (metal)
weddings
Silver
Wedding
POT
Elaborate script engraved initials ""B"" over ""J.M."" on front.
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
6.5 x 4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.422
Sander, Penny. Elegant Embellishments. Boston; SPNEA; 1982.
Probably New Hampshire (United States)
Probably
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