Silver covered tureen standing atop an ovular pedestal. Decorated with a beaded border on base and lip of lid. Two handles are made in the form of serpents with two snake heads and the figured of a bearded man on appearing on either side. This tureen was one of an identical pair that was split up upon Dobbin's death and recently reunited in the MCHC collection.
1882
Silver
7.75 H x 14.75 W x 7.75 D inches
2020.38.1a,b
11777
Engraved: "GWD / To the / Honorable George W. Dobbin, / from the / Bar of Baltimore / on his retirement from the Bench / 1882" and "Samuel Kirk & Son /11 oz" on base. Tureen matches another in the collection: 1950.108.19a,b.
Gift of Douglas and Marilyn Mitchell
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