Waste Bowl

1804

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Simon Wedge, Sr.

Waste Bowl

1804

Physical Qualities Silver, 4 1/8 × 7 3/8 × 5 3/8 in. (10.5 × 18.7 × 13.7 cm.)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. John G. Matthews, Henderson, North Carolina

Object Number 1989.344.5

Silver waste bowl made by Simon Wedge, Sr., c. 1810. Part of a 5-piece coffee/tea set. This large waste bowl is ornamented with deep gadrooning and is raised upon an oval stepped pedestal foot. One side is engraved 'IAR' in a beautiful foliate script.

Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1989; Mrs. John G. Matthews, Henderson, North Carolina

Inscribed: Engraved monogram "IAR" (almost illegible)

Markings: Stamped letters "S", "W", eagle's head facing left inside an oval (considered his earliest mark)