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suspending the lantern from the ceiling. The bottom and sides are j 

 ornamented with slender open-work strips of iron. Dimensions || 

 12 by 12 by 18 inches. Lent by Miss Mary Custis Lee.^ Cat. No. 

 2089, U. S. N. M. 



TABLE FURNISHINGS.2 



Nine silver-plated Tcnives and forks. — Four knives, the blades with 

 elongated V-shaped backs and slender points sUghtly curved upward; 

 handles plain with knob-shaped ends; length, 10 inches. Five three- 

 tined forks with handles of same type as the knives described above. 

 The handles of each of the knives and forks are engraved with the 

 Washington crest, a raven issuing from a coronet. Marks indistin- 

 guishable Length, 8J inches. Lewis collection. Plate 9. Cat. No. 

 92342-50, U.S.N.M. 



Six salt cellars and stands. — Salt cellars of dark-blue Bohemian 

 glass, an eight-pointed star design on bottom of each. Stands of 

 silver plate oval in shape and ornately decorated m openwork, with 

 festoons of hues and beadwork upheld by shields on either side and 

 at the ends. Length, 3 J inches; height, 2 inches; width, 2| inches. 

 Lewis collection. Plate 10. Cat. No. 92249, U.S.N.M. 



Silver-plated calce hasket. — Oval in shape. Base an upright band 

 of plate decorated with two lines of beadwork and an openwork 

 design of a succession of tiny rectangles. Sides decorated with an 

 ornate floral design in openwork and with rows of beadwork. 

 Handle of heavy plate ornamented with openwork at the top and 

 hinged at either end to side of basket. Length, 14J mches; width, 

 lOJ mches; height, 3i inches. Lewis collection. Plate 10. Cat. 

 No. 92341, U.S.N.M. 



Two silver-plated trays. — Circular in shape, with shallow sides. Dec- 

 orated with the Washington coat of arms^ and two lines of beadwork. 

 Diameter, 10 inches. Lewis collection. Plate 11. Cat. No. 92339-40, 

 U.S.N.M. 



Silver-plated tray. — Oval in shape, with the sides decorated in open- 

 work, with a succession of minature archways. At either end the 

 sides are narrowed, rounded, and slightly raised above the base to 

 serve as handles. Length, 20 mches; width, 15 inches; height, 1| 

 inches. Lewis collection. Plate 10. Cat. No. 92338, U.S.N.M. 



Tliree table coasters or stands for wine hottles. — The circular base of 

 each is of oak wood, surrounded and slightly surmounted by a heavy 

 band of openwork silver plate. The bottoms are covered with green 



» Since the above was written this object has been withdrawn from the Museum by the owner. 



* Unless otherwise described, the pieces of silverware and chinaware listed are without marks. 



» A silver shield, divided horizontally by two crimson bars into five alternate white and crimson 

 stripes, the first of which bears threo crim.son stars. The shuilarity of this design in certain pohits to 

 that of the United States flag has often been noted by writer on the history of the latter subject. 



