Sugar spoon

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1870
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 5/8 in. ( 15.9 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm )
Description: 
Silver sugar spoon with a turned handle with beaded bands and a ball finial; octagonal stem with a turned handle socket and a elongated shell bowl; maker's mark stamped on the underside of the stem.
Credit Line: 
Gift of De Witt C. Judson
Object Number: 
1938.351
Marks: 
stamped: on the underside of the stem: "STERLING"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1870
eMuseum Object ID: 
39136
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Butter cooler

Classification: 
Date: 
1869-1898
Medium: 
Silver plate
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 6 in. ( 19 x 21.6 x 15.2 cm ) Silver Weight: 28 oz (troy) 8 dwt (883 g)
Description: 
Cast silver plate butter cooler; circular bowl seated on a circular foot, incurved at the shoulder with an applied, angled rim; two loop handles with leaf joints applied to the sides of the bowl; rests for a butter pick in the form of eagle's heads (one detached) on side; cylindrical cover with all over foliate scoll decoration around four medallions with cow's heads; cover topped with a band knop finial; circular drainer with perforations in the shape of a star rests inside the bowl; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the bowl.
Object Number: 
1726a-c
Marks: 
stamped: on the base: in a circle around a demi-lion rampant on fess, "* MERIDEN SILVER PLATE CO * QUADRUPLE PLATE" over, "1340"
Gallery Label: 
Butter coolers were designed to maintain a cool temperature to prevent the contents from softening, melting, or spoiling. These decorative covered dishes often included an interior metal or glass liner to hold a block or mound of butter above cold water or ice. This cooler's Persian-style silhouette, topped with a pyramidal finial, reflects the late nineteenth-century interest in Near Eastern design. The cover is similarly ornamented with Egyptian Revival-style pendants and scrolls. The playful cow medallions, leaf terminal handles, and bird's head knife rests suggest the butter contained within the covered dish and the farms where it was once made.
Provenance: 
Descent unknown.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1898
eMuseum Object ID: 
39123
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Berry spoons (2)

Classification: 
Date: 
1855
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 9 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 1 3/8 in. (24.1 × 6 × 3.5 cm) Silver Weight: 2 oz (troy) 8.9 dwt (76 g)
Description: 
One of a pair of silver berry spoons with upturned wavy-end handles with foliate decoration; perforated scalloped shell bowls with leaf decoration and molded rounded drops; 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: 
1936.94
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: 
39121
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Table fork(s), qty. 34

Classification: 
Date: 
1855
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 8 in. × 1 in. × 7/8 in. (20.3 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm)
Description: 
One of a set of thirty-four silver table 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: 
1936.44
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: 
39074
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Soup ladles (2)

Classification: 
Date: 
1855
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 13 1/8 × 3 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (33.3 × 9.5 × 7 cm)
Description: 
One of a pair of silver soup ladles with upturned wavy-end handles with foliate decoration; circular, scalloped shell bowls with leaf decoration and molded rounded drops; 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: 
1936.91
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: 
39072
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Crumber

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1878
Medium: 
Silver plate
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 7/8 x 2 5/8 x 5/8 in. ( 30.2 x 6.7 x 1.6 cm )
Description: 
Silver-plated table crumber in the Lorne pattern; upturned oval handle with six bands of foliate and geometric decoration; flat ovoid blade with lower straight edge and upper in form of extended spade with scalloped trefoil crown; center of blade face engraved with geometric foliate scroll decoration; maker's marks stamped along the underside of the stem.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number: 
1957.17
Marks: 
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "1847 ROGERS BROS. A"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1878
eMuseum Object ID: 
39071
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Coffee spoons (5)

Classification: 
Date: 
1855
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
each overall: 4 1/4 x 7/8 x 1/2 in. ( 10.8 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm ) Silver Weight: 81) 8 dwt (13 g)
Description: 
Five silver coffee spoons with upturned wavy-end handles with foliate decoration; elliptical bowls with leaf decoration; 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: 
1936.78
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: 
39070
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Child's spoon and fork

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1914
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Part (spoon): 6 x 1 1/4 x 7/8 in. (15.2 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm) Part (fork): 6 1/8 x 7/8 x 3/4 in. (15.6 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm)
Description: 
silver child's spoon and fork in the Heraldic pattern with upturned fiddle handles with wavy tips and repoussé chased foliate scrolls around an armor helmet and a reserve engraved, "LOUISE" in script; elliptical bowl on the spoon; four curved tines on the fork; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handles. "Heraldic" pattern from the Whiting Manufacturing Co., issued in 1880.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder
Object Number: 
INV.14305ab
Marks: 
engraved: on the handles: "LOUISE" in script stamped: on the undersides of the handles: "STERLING" in a rectangle, "W" in a circle beside a two headed griffen, "THEODORE B. STARR"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1914
eMuseum Object ID: 
39062
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Dessert knives (7)

Classification: 
Date: 
1815/16
Medium: 
Silver, mother-of-pearl
Dimensions: 
each overall: 7 3/8 x 5/8 x 1/8 in. ( 18.7 x 1.6 x 0.3 cm )
Description: 
Seven silver and mother-of-pearl desset knives; flat rounded blades engraved with the Lenox family crest, crowned lion passant on fess above the reeded circular handle sockets; sockets fitted with mother-of-pearl handles; makers' marks stamped on the blades.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Sr.; Collection of Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr.
Object Number: 
1950.346a-g
Marks: 
stamped: on the blade of three: lion passant, king's bust in an oval, anchor conforming, "S & S" in a rectangle; one with a date letter "p" in a shield, one with a date letter "r" in a shield and one with a date letter "t" in a shield (knives b, c, e) st
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1816
eMuseum Object ID: 
39056
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Loving cup

Classification: 
Date: 
1901
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. ( 15.6 x 17.5 cm )
Description: 
Wrought silver presentation loving cup; squat, circular lower body, curved under to a circular foot, tapering at the center and flaring out to a plain rim; three cast s-scroll handles applied to the body with three curled joints at the tops; chased low relief design of three steam ferries, "Fort Lee," "City of Englewood," and the "George Washington" on the Hudson around the lower body; low relief inscription outlined by a rope below the rim, "To/ Edward/ Watkins/ Lawson/ upon the completion of/ twelve years of valued/ service as Superintendent,/ from the Officers and Directors/ of the Riverside & Fort Lee/ Ferry Company/ April 15th.. 1901.;" gilt interior; makers' marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Edward Westervelt Lawson
Object Number: 
1946.3
Marks: 
chased: below the rim: "To/ Edward/ Watkins/ Lawson/ upon the completion of/ twelve years of valued/ service as Superitendent,/ from the Officers and Directors/ of the Riverside & Fort Lee/ Ferry Company/ April 15th.. 1901." engraved: on the engraved fer
Gallery Label: 
This loving cup was presented to the donor's father, Edward Watkins Lawson, by the Officers and Directors of the Riverside and Fort Lee Ferry Company upon his retirement as Superintendent. The Riverside and Fort Lee Ferry Company operated from 1888 to 1943 between 125th Street in Manhattan and Edgewater, N.J.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1901
eMuseum Object ID: 
39048
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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