Object Details
- Description
- This is a small urn with a wide rim. The rim has a raised rope pattern. The urn body narrows near the middle, with the middle portion bulges out in a narrow ring. Below the ring is a tapered base, wider at the bottom. The bottom of the urn has series of concentric rings with etched text in the center that reads "Empire/ STERLING/ WEIGHTED/ 52."
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Manufactured by
- Empire Craft Corporation, American, 1930 - 1950
- Owned by
- Louis Daniels Lyons, American, 1873 - 1944
- Date
- 1930-1950
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Carrington/Lyons Collection
- Medium
- silver
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (7 × 7 × 7 cm)
- Type
- urns
