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Covered vessel with pendant chain [mate cup?]

Medium/TechniqueSilver, gourd
Dimensions23 x 6.3 cm (9 1/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ellen Graves, Mrs. Samuel Cabot and Mrs. Roger Ernst in memory of their father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund P. Graves
Accession number29.796
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
InscriptionsOn lower silver section, engraved "D * I * 1743." Inside the lid is a gold (?) disc engraved with an elaborate coat of arms and the words "DI OSZEGI ISTVANA" around the top perimeter. Flanking the shield is "1 [?] 7 / 4 0"
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Artist Unidentified
19th century, 1850–1900
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Artist Unidentified, Pacific Islander
20th century
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Artist Unidentified
mid 20th–20th century
Artist Unidentified
20th century
Artist Unidentified
20th century
Basket
Debora Muhl
1997
early to mid-19th century
Shelley
Katherine Westphal
1989
Tiananmen Square, June 1989
Katherine Westphal
1989