1974.46.4

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Details

ID Number

1974.46.4

Category

T&E For Materials

Sub-category

food service T&E

Item Type

sugar

Item Name

bowl

Maker

Reed & Barton

Date

1898

Materials

metal , silver plated

Measurements

overall: 3 in

Description

flattened spheroid with longish cylindrical neck; hinged lid; one handle; acanthus leaf lid-lifter; spoon hole in edge of lid; silver plated; rope border around base and rim; acanthus leaf on handle; Tashmoo/

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 place

Transportation / Transport subject