The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Entree Dish

Retailer:: Bailey and Kitchen (active ca. 1833–46)
Date:: ca. 1839
Geography:: Mid-Atlantic, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Culture:: American
Medium:: Silver
Dimensions:: Overall: 7 7/8 x 12 5/8 x 10 1/4 in. (20 x 32.1 x 26 cm); 86 oz. 1 dwt. (2676.2 g) Cover: 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 8 1/16 in. (11.4 x 24.1 x 20.5 cm) Liner: 2 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 7 11/16 in. (5.7 x 23.5 x 19.5 cm)
Classification:: Silver
Credit Line:: Purchase, Edward J. Scheider Gift, in memory of Kathleen N. Scheider, 2003
Accession Number:: 2003.382a–c

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 705

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: engraved on body: arms of McKean family stamped twice on body at rim above handles: 2 stamped twice on cover at rim adjoining "2" marks on body: 2 stamped twice on handles of liner: 2 stamped on exterior side of liner below handle: 2 stamped on bezel of cover beneath one numeral 2: [pair of dots]

Marking: marked on underside of body: BAILEY & KITCHEN (in rectangle) (partially effaced); [three pseudo hallmarks eagle in octagon, thistle in rectangle and harp(?) in rectangle]
Provenance

Christie's, New York, sold October 19, 1985, lot 29; Robert Mehlman, New York, NY.
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Who
Bailey Kitchen (4)

Taylor Lawrie (1)
What
Metal (59,364)

Silver (14,056)

Dishes (6,707)
Where
North and Central America (81,404)

United States (78,109)

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Philadelphia (404)
When
A.D. 1800-1900 (80,185)
In the Museum
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Nineteenth–Century American Silver

The United States and Canada, 1800–1900 A.D.