This platter belonged to my grandparents who were both artist who lived in NYC. The silver object sat in my cabinet and was almost never used. In my initial research, I discovered, from the hallmark, that it was produced by a silver company in NYC called Wilcox and Wagoner. I followed this lead to discover that Emma Wilcox, who's husband was the owner, was  well known poet. I included her work as part of the initial output for this project. My grandfather was a photo retoucher for the Sears catalog, which inspired the photograph.