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Silver covered vegetable tureen with three-dimensional textured finial on lid and eagle's head handles on base.

Silver covered vegetable tureen with three-dimensional textured finial on lid and eagle's head handles on base.

Tureen

Description

Silver covered vegetable tureen with three-dimensional textured finial on lid and eagle's head handles on base.

Creator

Date

1817

Materials

Silver

Dimensions

8.25 H x 10.5 W x 6.75 D inches

Object ID

1935.34.2

Accession Number

1935.34

Resource ID

8082

Notes

In 1817, Baltimoreans recognized John Rodgers's (1773-1838) contribution to the defense of Baltimore and commissioned a 50-piece table service from Philadelphia silversmiths Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner. Each piece is inscribed, "Presented by the/ Citizens of Baltimore to/Com. John Rodgers/in testimony of their Sense of/the important aid afforded by him/in the defense of Baltimore on/the 12th & 13th of Sept. 1814." When the service was completed, it was displayed at Fielding Lucas's Baltimore print shop for several days before it was presented to Rodgers.

Credit Line

Gift of the MaComb heirs

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

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