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Public Domain

MakerPhiladelphia, 1810–1811
CultureAmerican
Titles
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Datec. 1810–1811
Made inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumSilver
Dimensions9 in. (22.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Anne Rowland
Object numberB.82.18
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Metals Study Room
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
ProvenanceJane Baker (1763–1850) and Michael Baker, Jr. (1758–1834), Philadelphia; by inheritance to their son Joseph Baker (1797–1872) and his wife Anne Baker (1804–1878), Philadelphia; by inheritance to their daughter Josephine Robina Baker (1831–1904) and her husband Edwin Henry Fitler (1825–1896), Philadelphia; by inheritance to their daughter Anna Margaret Fitler (1851–1937) and her husband Charles Harkness Howell (1848–1902), Philadelphia; by inheritance to their daughter Cecile Fitler Howell (1893–1953) and her husband William O. Rowland, Jr. (1891–1934), Philadelphia; by inheritance to their daughter Anne Rowland (1920–2013), Williamsburg, Virginia; given to MFAH, 1982.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved: MJB [Michael and Jane Baker]
Engraved on back of handle: Sept. 23rd 1784 [added later]
Mark of Browne & Seal [Belden 1980, p. 81]

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