Detail View: The AMICA Library: Urn with Cover

AMICA ID: 
AIC_.1959.58
AMICA Library Year: 
1998
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name: 
Brasher, Ephraim
Creator Nationality: 
North American; American
Creator Dates/Places: 
American; 1744-1810 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Name-CRT: 
Ephraim Brasher
Title: 
Urn with Cover
Title Type: 
preferred
View: 
full view
Creation Date: 
1765/75
Creation Start Date: 
1765
Creation End Date: 
1775
Materials and Techniques: 
Silver.
Classification Term: 
Silver
Subject Description: 
Pear-shaped with three broken S scroll legs, shell feet attachments, two scroll handles with shell attachments, three taps with shell attachments, rooster handles; molded, domed lid with flange, pine cone finial.
Creation Place: 
North and Central America,North America,United States,New York
Dimensions: 
43.8 x 28.1 x 21.4 (diam.) cm. (17 1/4 x 11 1/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
AMICA Contributor: 
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: 
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 
1959.58
Credit Line: 
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Antiquarian Society
Inscriptions: 
Marks: stamped on bottom twice: "BRASHER"; and once: "N-YORK" (all three in rectangles)
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
AIC_.E15465.TIF