Charles Robert Ashbee
Muffin Dish and Cover

DesignerEnglish, 1863–1942
MakerEnglish, 1888–1913
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Muffin Dish and Cover
Datedesigned c. 1900, made c. 1905
Made inUnited Kingdom
MediumSilver plate and turquoise
Dimensions4 x 9 in. diameter (10.2 cm)
Credit LineMargo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection, gift of Margo Grant Walsh
Object number2014.49.A,.B
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Provenance[...]; purchased by Margo Grant Walsh, London; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition HistoryPortland Art Museum, Oregon, 2002.

“Collecting by Design: Silver and Metalwork of the Twentieth Century,” San Francisco Airport Museums, February 5–August 5, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Maker's marks on edges of lid and dish: "G of H Ltd."
Yellow sticker on inside of lid, handwritten: "106"

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