Artwork
Shallow dish
DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureRoman
Date1st-4th century A.D.
MediumSilver
Dimensionsdiameter: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
weight: 1.6 oz. (46 grams)
weight: 1.6 oz. (46 grams)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Object number86.138.26
DescriptionAn undecorated circular dish with a flat horizontal rim and a low footring.Provenancesold, by American Colony Stores, New York, to Miriam Lutcher Stark (1859-1936), Orange, TX, 1928; by inheritance to her son, H. J. Lutcher Stark (1887-1965), Orange, TX, 1936; by bequest to the Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, Orange, TX, 1965; sold by the Stark Foundation to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986Published ReferencesA. Walsh, "An Investigation of Roman Silver Plate in the San Antonio Museum of Art," (Trinity University Undergraduate Honors Thesis: 2010), 71-72, no. 26, pl. 24.Not on view
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