Ladle
Classification:
Date:
1827/28
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. ( 36.8 x 11.4 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver ladle with long down-turned fiddle-end handle engraved, "MAB" in gothic script along obverse; squared shoulders and deep, horizontal elliptical bowl has rattail drop at reverse; maker's and assay marks stamped on the underside of the stem.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Dudley Davis in memory of his mother Marie Antoinette Baker Davis
Object Number:
1950.171
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "MAB" in gothic script
stamped: on the underside of the stem: "CM" in roman letters in rectangular surround, king's bust in oval surround, Brittania in rectangular surround, crowned harp in rectangular surround, date/letter "G" i
Gallery Label:
This soup ladle was given to the donor's mother, Marie Antoinette Baker Davis, on the occasion of her marriage to Fellows Davis, October 17, 1871.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1828
eMuseum Object ID:
39171
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fish slice
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1871
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 5/8 x 3 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 29.5 x 8.3 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Wrought and molded silver fish slice with patinated leaf form blade, with scrolled trident joint attached to ocatogal handle socket with cast balls; octagonal handle stem with molded circular finial base has beaded pedestal, scrolled stems, and umbrella-shaped top engraved with foliate motifs; finial is topped with a molded knob; handle socket engraved "MAB".
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Dudley Davis in memory of his mother, Marie Antoinette Baker Davis
Object Number:
1950.176
Marks:
engraved: on the handle socket: "MAB"
Gallery Label:
This fish slice was given to the donor's mother, Marie Antoinette Baker Davis, on the occasion of her marriage to Fellows Davis, October 17, 1871.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1871
eMuseum Object ID:
39169
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Forks (2)
Classification:
Date:
1855
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 × 3/4 × 1/2 in. (15.9 × 1.9 × 1.3 cm)
Silver Weight: 15.4 dwt (24 g)
Description:
One of a pair of silver forks with upturned wavy-end handles with foliate decoration; four curved tines on each with leaf decoration on the undersides; undersides of the handles engraved with the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head; makers' marks stamped on the undersides of the stems.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable Perry Belmont
Object Number:
1936.100
Marks:
engraved: on the undersides of the handles: the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head
stamped: on the undersides of the stems: "W G & S" in roman letters
Gallery Label:
On December 28, 1855, the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants of New York presented Commodore Matthew Calbraith perry with a 381-piece silver dinner service in acknowledgement of his successful negotiation of a treaty with Japan in 1854. In the letter of presentation the committee remarked, "To have brought this secluded Empire, into the intercourse of nations; is an achievement which may justly be ranked, among the greatest events of the age..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
39163
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Butter knives (2)
Classification:
Date:
1855
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/8 × 5/8 × 1/8 in. (16.2 × 1.6 × 0.3 cm)
Silver Weight: 15.4 dwt (24 g)
Description:
One of a pair of silver butter knives with flat, wavy-end handles with foliate decoration; flat ovoid blades with leaf decoration; handles engraved with the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head; makers' marks stamped on the undersides of the blades.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable Perry Belmont
Object Number:
1936.98
Marks:
engraved: on the handles: the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head
stamped: on the undersides of the blades: "Wm. GALE & SON" in roman letters
Gallery Label:
On December 28, 1855, the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants of New York presented Commodore Matthew Calbraith perry with a 381-piece silver dinner service in acknowledgement of his successful negotiation of a treaty with Japan in 1854. In the letter of presentation the committee remarked, "To have brought this secluded Empire, into the intercourse of nations; is an achievement which may justly be ranked, among the greatest events of the age..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
39161
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fish serving forks (2)
Classification:
Date:
1855
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/8 × 1 3/4 × 3/4 in. (25.7 × 4.4 × 1.9 cm)
Silver Weight: 3 oz (troy) 10.1 dwt (109 g)
Description:
One of a pair of silver fish serving forks with hollow, wavy-end handles cast in vertical hallves with foliate decoration and molded handle sockets; handles engraved with the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head; diamond form stems and four curved tines on each with all over foliate engraving; makers' marks stamped on the undersides of the stems.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable Perry Belmont
Object Number:
1936.96
Marks:
engraved: on the undersides of the handles: the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head
stamped: on the undersides of the stems: "Wm. GALE & SON" in roman letters
Gallery Label:
On December 28, 1855, the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants of New York presented Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry with a 381-piece silver dinner service in acknowledgement of his successful negotiation of a treaty with Japan in 1854. In the letter of presentation the committee remarked, "To have brought this secluded Empire, into the intercourse of nations; is an achievement which may justly be ranked, among the greatest events of the age..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
39160
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fish slices (2)
Classification:
Date:
1855
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 × 2 1/4 × 7/8 in. (29.8 × 5.7 × 2.2 cm)
Silver Weight: 4 oz (troy) 12 dwt (143 g)
Description:
Pair of silver fish slices with hollow cast, in vertical halves, wavy-end handles with foliate decoration and molded handle sockets; handles engraved with the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head; blades rounded and edgded on one side and each come to a point where they meet the opposite, scalloped edge; elaborated floral scroll decoration on both sides of the blades; makers' marks stamped on the blades.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable Perry Belmont
Object Number:
1936.177
Marks:
engraved: on the handles: the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head
stamped: on the undersides of the blades: "Wm. GALE & SON" in roman letters
Gallery Label:
On December 28, 1855, the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants of New York presented Commodore Matthew Calbraith perry with a 381-piece silver dinner service in acknowledgement of his successful negotiation of a treaty with Japan in 1854. In the letter of presentation the committee remarked, "To have brought this secluded Empire, into the intercourse of nations; is an achievement which may justly be ranked, among the greatest events of the age..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
39158
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teaspoons (2)
Classification:
Date:
1803/04
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 5 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in. ( 13.3 x 2.9 x 1 cm )
Description:
Pair of silver teaspoons with downturned oval handles engraved, "JSP" in script; pointed oval bowls with tipped drops; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Hiel Philip Schuyler
Object Number:
1952.421bc
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "JSP" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "WE/ WE" in a rectangle over king's bust in an oval, "H" in a chmfered rectangle and a lion passant
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1804
eMuseum Object ID:
39156
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Nutpick
Classification:
Date:
1866-1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 3/8 x 1/8 in. ( 13.3 x 1 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Cast silver nutpick with a flat arched hand with stamped circular decoration and a shell finial; twisted handle joint and a flat curved blade coming to a point at the end; blade engraved, "E V R de P" in script; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the blade.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Object Number:
1911.64
Marks:
engraved: on the blade: "E V R de P" in script
stamped: on the undeside of the blade: "W" in an oval held by a dragon and lion headed griffin, beides "STERLING/ 1945"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39154
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Luncheon knife
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1835
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 7/8 x 3/8 in. ( 20 x 2.2 x 1 cm )
Description:
silver luncheon knife with a threaded handle, cast in vertical halves, with short midribs on both sides; handle engraved with the Morris family crest, a tower in flames; molded handle socket fitted with a flat blade with a curved tip; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the blade.
Credit Line:
Bequest of John B. Morris, Jr.
Object Number:
1957.201d
Marks:
stamped: on the underside of the blade: "B * G" in a rectangle beside three pseudohallmarks in chamfered rectangles: a bust, lion passant and "F"
Gallery Label:
Probably made for the marriage of Mary E. Babcock to William L. Morris in 1827.
Provenance:
Mary Elizabeth Babcock (1808-1851), who married William Lewis Morris (1805-1864); to their son John Babcock Morris (b.1839), who married Mary E. Faitoute; to their son John Babcock Morris Jr. (1881-1957), the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
39142
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ice-cream spoons (2)
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Silver, gilt
Dimensions:
each overall: 6 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 in. ( 15.9 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Pair of silver ice-cream spoons with calla lily handles with molded handles, three pronged handle sockets with call lily leaf joints and elongated, pointed oval bowls folded up slightly along the center; stamped "STERLING" on the undersides of the bowls.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edmond Charles Bonaventure
Object Number:
1951.423ab
Marks:
stamped: on the undersides of the bowls: "STERLING"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39138
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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