Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Preview image of work. coin silver, Silver Salver 27864

2014.25

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Silver Salver

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Artist

Bigelow Bros. & Kennard

Title

Silver Salver

Creation Date

n.d.

Century

19th century

Dimensions

1 x 12 in. (2.54 x 30.48 cm)

Object Type

silver

Creation Place

North America, United States

Medium and Support

coin silver

Credit Line

Gift of Roger K. Berle in Honor of His Moriarty Forebears

Copyright

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Accession Number

2014.25

A durable, highly-valued material, silver was often used for gifts presented on special occasions. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., a Boston physician, poet, and friend of Bowdoin’s Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, originally presented this salver or footed tray in 1850 to John Moseley Moriarity, a physician from Salem, Massachusetts. Presentations to subsequent owners are inscribed on the salver’s bottom. Made in the classical style, it features anthemions, or floral ornaments that are reminiscent of designs from ancient Greece. John Bigelow established a jewelry and silver shop in Boston in 1830, and continued in business with several partners until 1922

Silver Salver

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