The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Chafing Dish

c. 1730
fabricated by

John Potwine

(American, 1698–1792)
America, Massachusetts and Connecticut, 18th century
silver, wooden handle
with handle: 8.6 x 29.5 cm (3 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
Gift of Hollis French 1940.248
Location: Not on view

Description

A small candle would have been placed under this dish for keeping the contents warm at the table.
  • Hollis French, Annisquam, MA.
  • French, Hollis. "An Eighteenth Century American Brazier." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 5, no. 6/7 (1918): 64-65. Reproduced: p. 66; Mentioned: pp. 64-65 www.jstor.org
    Foote, Helen. "A Collection of Early American Silver Gift of Hollis French." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 27, no. 9 (November 1940): 131-142. Reproduced: p. 137; Mentioned: p. 141 www.jstor.org
    Johnston, Phillip M. Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 123
  • Masterpieces of American Silver. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (organizer) (January 15-February 14, 1960).
    Exhibition of French, English, and American Silver in Honor of Russell A. Plimpton. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (organizer) (June 10-July 15, 1956).
  • {{cite web|title=Chafing Dish|url=false|author=John Potwine|year=c. 1730|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.248