John Erwin
Bowl
1814
Physical Qualities
Silver, 4 x 6 1/8 x 5/16 in. (10.2 x 15.6 x 0.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.74
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 121, ill.
Inscribed: Engraved monogram "MWL" on the side
Markings: markings stamped: J. ERWIN, Maryland crest, 'A', female head (profile) engraving: on side 3 letters, hard to make out