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Child's bowl and underplate (part of set of Child's bowl, underplate and spoon)
Child's bowl and underplate (part of set of Child's bowl, underplate and spoon)

Child's bowl and underplate (part of set of Child's bowl, underplate and spoon)

Date1881
MediumSilver
DimensionsDiameter (Bowl-A): 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Height (Bowl-A): 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Diameter (Plate-B): 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Height (Plate-B): 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ulysses Grant Dietz in memory of Ulysses S. Grant III, 1986
Object number86.35A,B
On View
Not on view
Object NameBowl | Plate
Title Details
Label Caption Title Child's bowl and underplate (part of set of Child's bowl, underplate and spoon)
Descriptive Title Child's bowl and plate
InscriptionsEngraved in script on bottom of both pieces: "U. S. Grant / from his / Grandpapa and Grandmama Grant".Marks and Labels/StampsBoth pieces marked: "TIFFANY & CO. / 5472M3378 / STERLING-SILVER" and "TIFFANY & CO. / 5472MAKERS2411 / STERING-SILVER/ 925-1000 / M"ProvenanceGiven by General and Mrs. U.S. Grant (former president) to their first grandson, Ulysses S. Grant III (born in Chicago 1881; d. Washington, 1986), and thence to his grandson, the donor.Exhibition History"Style and Status in Sterling: American Silver", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (May 2017 - March 14, 2020)

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