William Ball
Bowl
1799-1814
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William Ball
Bowl
1799-1814
Physical Qualities
Silver, 10 3/8 x 10 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (26.4 x 26.4 x 7 cm)
Credit Line
Stiles Tuttle Colwill Acquisitions Fund
Object Number
2017.1
Round with slightly domed base, sides bright-cut and engraved with wide band of ferns and formal foliage entwined with quilted ribbon below two narrow rows of beading, center engraved with stag head crest (per Sotheby's catalog)
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2017; Sotheby's; Iris Schwartz Collection
Sotheby's, The Iris Schwartz Collection of American Silver, January 20, 2017 / NO9606 / Lot 3192
Inscribed: RECTO: Engraved in center of bowl "stag (symbol)"
Markings: Marked underneath bowl "W Ball"
