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Ball, Black & Co, New York
Covered Soup Tureen, ca 1860
Silver, 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 x 16 inches
Museum purchase and Jack Forker Chrysler Memorial Fund Purchase

Covered soup tureen; tall elliptical tureen rising and flaring out from a smaller foot. Handles formed of animal heads (lion?) with suspended ring handles with a vine design. Head of a woman at rim on each side in high relief. Finial of the dome-shaped cover is a recumbant animal (lion?) with shield in paw; engraved with initials.

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