The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 8, 2024

Chafing Dish

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
    Johnston, Phillip M. Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 123
  • {{cite web|title=Chafing Dish|url=false|author=John Potwine|year=c. 1730|access-date=08 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

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