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Dessert Stand

Stands: 1793–95. Liners: about 1800.
Medium/TechniqueSilver, lead glass
Dimensions10.4 x 12.2 x 9 cm (4 1/8 x 4 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2294a-b
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ClassificationsSilver
Collections
InscriptionsSCRATCHES: inside one leg, an illegible, cypher-like design is pricked
ProvenanceBy 1952, with C. & H. Wartski, London; July 31, 1952, sold by C. & H. Wartski to Forsyth Wickes, New York and Newport, RI (d. 1964); 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)
Group shot: 65.2292a-b-65.2296a-b
William Pitts
Stands: 1793–95. Liners: about 1800.
William Pitts
Stands: 1793–95. Liners: about 1800.
Group shot: 65.2292a-b-65.2296a-b
William Pitts
Stands: 1793–95. Liners: about 1800.
Group shot: 65.2292a-b-65.2296a-b
William Pitts
Stands: 1793–95. Liners: about 1800.
Salver
Thomas Pitts (I)
1763–64
Restricted
William Pitt Preble Longfellow
1856–1913
Sala del Collegio, Ducal Palace, Venice
William Pitt Preble Longfellow
19th century
Restricted
William Pitt Preble Longfellow
1856–1913
Ship Decanter
19th or 20th century