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Three-piece covered butter dish with three-dimensional crown finial. Made in Baltimore, Maryland by Samuel Kirk & Son for Jerome "Bo" Napoleon Bonaparte (1805-1870), son of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte.

Three-piece covered butter dish with three-dimensional crown finial. Made in Baltimore, Maryland by Samuel Kirk & Son for Jerome "Bo" Napoleon Bonaparte (1805-1870), son of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte. Dish and pierced liner. Date on bottom. Dish engraving. Dish handle. Cover finial. Pierced liner.

Dish, Butter

Description

Three-piece covered butter dish with three-dimensional crown finial. Made in Baltimore, Maryland by Samuel Kirk & Son for Jerome "Bo" Napoleon Bonaparte (1805-1870), son of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte.

Creator

Date

1860

Materials

Silver

Dimensions

5 H x 5.5 W inches

Object ID

1991.28.3.1-3

Accession Number

1991.28

Resource ID

8140

Notes

Silver engraved "JNB" on the front for Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte and "JANY 1860" on the underside

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Roger W. Collins

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.