Chafing Dish: Spirits Jar
Peter Podie, English, active in 1791
18th century
Silver
Overall: 8 × 17 × 8 1/2 in. (20.3 × 43.2 × 21.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe, Class of 1964H
M.957.173C
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
On the reverse of dish: set in a rectangle P.P. and several hallmarks.
Exhibition History
Harrington Silver Display Case, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 4-June 1, 1977.
Provenance
Evelyn Annenberg Friede Jaffe Hall (1911-2005) and William B. Jaffe (1904-1972), New York, date unknown; given to present collection, 1957.
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