Table centerpiece

Johann Jakob Adam

1765–67

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 533

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Title: Table centerpiece
Maker: Johann Jakob Adam (ca. 1720–1791, master 1748)
Date: 1765–67
Culture: German, Augsburg
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall: 8 × 12 in. (20.3 × 30.5 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit Line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Object Number: 1974.356.673
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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