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1974.46.2

ID Number: 1974.46.2
Category: T&E For Materials
Sub-category: food service T&E
Item Type: sugar
Item Name: bowl
Maker: Reed & Barton
Date: 02/15/1898
Materials: metal, unknown
Measurements: overall: 2 7/8 in
Description: (.01) bowl: flattened spheroid; constriction then flare at neck; rope border around base and rim; acanthus leaf [on handles] Tashmoo; scratched and dented, plating worn; (.02) lid: domed, with mushroom finial; two handles
History: From the pleasure steamer "Tashmoo." Raised from the Detroit River 09/04/1936 by Captain J. Earl McQueen and his salvaging crew. The boat had been there since it hit a rock in the Sugar Island channel on the 18th of June (1936). It sank after its 1400 passengers were safely put ashore.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

Topic

Detroit River / Rivière Détroit

Subjects

McQueen, J. Earl person

Tashmoo organization

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