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Source Description
A small candle would have been placed under this dish for keeping the contents warm at the table.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
119351
label
Chafing Dish
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
119351
contentType
object
title
Chafing Dish
description
A small candle would have been placed under this dish for keeping the contents warm at the table.
date
c. 1730
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80014458
creators
8444
genreSpecific
Silver
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
with handle: 8.6 x 29.5 cm (3 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
cul
America, Massachusetts and Connecticut, 18th century
accession
1940.248
Source extras
tec
silver, wooden handle
tombstone
Chafing Dish, c. 1730. John Potwine (American, 1698–1792). Silver, wooden handle; with handle: 8.6 x 29.5 cm (3 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Hollis French, 1940.248
collection
Decorative Arts
formerAccessionNumbers
1531.1918
citations
citation
French, Hollis. "An Eighteenth Century American Brazier." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 5, no. 6/7 (1918): 64-65.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 66; Mentioned: pp. 64-65
citation
Foote, Helen. "A Collection of Early American Silver Gift of Hollis French." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>27, no. 9 (November 1940): 131-142.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 137; Mentioned: p. 141
citation
Johnston, Phillip M. <em>Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 123
creditline
Gift of Hollis French
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:09:56.193000
sourceId
119351
dept
Decorative Art and Design
coll
Decorative Arts
med
silver, wooden handle
creatorTags
male
thumbnail_url
image_url
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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