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Waste Bowl

Dateca. 1795

Maker John McMullin (1765 - 1843)

OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

MediumSilver

DimensionsHeight: 4 5/8”; Rim: 7” x 5 3/8"

Credit LineGift of Kay Justice Ridinger in memory and honor of Charles W. Ridinger III

Object number2021-84

DescriptionSilver waste bowl with an ovoid boat-shaped body decorated with four tapering panels of reeds separated by four plain panels, and an engraved band of foliage below the moulded rim. Its ovoid foot has a shaped edge and is embellished with two double bands of pricking. A vacant oval within a wreath is engraved on the front panel.
InscribedA weight mark of "oz 13=12" is scratched into the bottom of the foot.
MarkingsStruck with "I•M.cMullin" in italicized relief within a rectangle on the back of the outside of the foot.