The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Slop Bowl

Maker:: Charters, Cann & Dunn (active 1848–1854)
Date:: 1848–51
Geography:: Mid-Atlantic, New York, New York, United States
Culture:: American
Medium:: Silver
Dimensions:: Overall: H. 3 15/16 in. (10 cm); 11 oz. 5 dwt. (350.1 g) Lip: Diam. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
Classification:: Silver
Credit Line:: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mali, 1944
Accession Number:: 44.117.6

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 774

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: engraved on body in interlaced script: FC

Marking: marked on underside of body: BALL TOMPKINS & BLACK (in semi-circular banner) / [arm & hammer in oval]; N[pellet]Y (in rectangle); [indecipherable (maybe a tree) in oval]
Provenance

John Taylor Johnston, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mali, New York, until 1944
See also
Who
Ball, Tompkins Black (10)

Charters, Cann & Dunn (6)
What
Metal (59,364)

Silver (14,056)

Bowls (5,014)

Slop bowls (34)
Where
North and Central America (81,404)

United States (78,109)

New York (2,785)

New York City (1,835)
When
A.D. 1800-1900 (80,185)
In the Museum
American Decorative Arts (11,825)
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