Charles Louis Boehme
Cann
c. 1805
Physical Qualities
Silver, 5 1/8 x 4 x 5 1/8 in. (13 x 10.2 x 13 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.46a
Although Charles Louis Boehme was noted for elegant classical revival work [see #11, #15 on view in this case], he also created objects in earlier styles during the Federal period. These canns exhibit the traditional pear-shaped body, cast scroll handle, and splayed foot that had been popular for the preceding 60 years.
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. 85, ill.
Markings: stamped on underside: C L B etched on underside: V W 109 / 11+16
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Eltonhead Hallway/Case 3
