Pen Tray

Item Information

Title:
Pen Tray
Description:
Rectangular tray has gently flared edges. Raised decoration of two frogs caught in cattails. Lip design has a leaf motif. Underside has a single frog sitting on a lily pad with water flowers at right.
Date:
1868–1899
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
copper (metal)
plate (material)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
tin (metal)
pen trays
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
cattail (material)
flowers (plant components)
floral patterns
figure- and animal-derived motifs
frogs (animals)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
water leaf (motif)
water (inorganic material)
Copper Plate
Tin
Leaf
Frog
Lily Pad
Water
Flower
Cattail
Places:
New Hampshire > Rockingham (county) > Portsmouth
Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.)
Extent:
0.75 in. x 3 in. x 11.25 in. (H x D x L)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/12742
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Ralph May
Accession #:
1971.1846
Identifier:
12742