Physical Qualities
Silver, wood, 13 7/8 x 5 3/8 x 11 1/4 in. (35.2 x 13.7 x 28.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miriam Gilman Todd and Charlotte Abbott Gilman Paul in Memory of their Mother, Eliza Weyl Gilman
Object Number
1936.46
Inscription to Mr. Baltis Branson
Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough, "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 128, ill. p. 129.
Inscribed: Inscribed: To/Mr. Baltis Branson/by/The Baltimore Fire Insurance Company/in Testimony of their GRATITUDE/for his/PATRIOTIC EXERTIONS/in rescuing/the Property of his fellow Citizens/from the Dangers of/Fire/1811.
Markings: "BALL & HEALD" stamped on back of base
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 08
