Sword shoulder belt plate
Classification:
Date:
1799-1800
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 1/2 in. ( 7.9 x 6 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver infantry sword shoulder belt plate; domed oval engraved with an American bald eagle standing on a drum with an American shield at its breast, swaged cannons below its wings and a banner above inscribed, "E PLURIBUS UNUM" in roman letters, all over, "8 REGT." in roman letters; tapering pin applied to the upper back, and two buttons applied at the bottom; maker's mark stamped between the buttons.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Robert G. Goelet
Object Number:
1977.60
Marks:
engraved: center: an American bald eagle standing on a drum with an American shield at its breast, swaged cannons below its wings and a banner above inscribed, "E PLURIBUS UNUM" in roman letters, all over, "8 REGT." in roman letters
stamped: underside: "
Gallery Label:
This sword shoulder belt plate conforms to the General Orders of Regulation Sizes, 1795, declaring that infantry plates be made 2 1/4 x 3 inches. They were a common uniform ornament during the undeclared war with France at the turn of the 19th century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
36734
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Caster set
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Silver plate, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 7 1/8 in. ( 28.6 x 18.1 cm )
Description:
Cast and wrought silver plated caster stand with five glass cruets and casters; circular, domed and lobed base with a cast foliate scroll band around the edge; four cast foliate pad feet (one missing) applied to the base; cylindrical post in the center with a rotating domed support with seven rings, to hold the bottles, applied around its edge; support fitted with a conical cap and a cast foliate bail handle; five cylindrical glass bottles of varying sizes with domed shoulders, tapered necks with two rings and flared lips; two bottles have stoppers, one flame shaped, one ball; one caster has a silver plated shaker top; no maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Permanent Loan from the Beekman Family Association
Object Number:
INV.14081a-f
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
36728
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature chamberstick
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 4 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 3.5 x 11.1 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Wrought miniature silver chamberstick; cylinder socket with a flared, concave drip pan and a baluster pedestal; pedestal applied two an oval saucer base with raised sides and all over repoussé chases foliate decoration on a stippled ground; applied foliate c and s-scroll rim; ring handle with applied foliate scroll decoration applied to one side; makers' marks stamped below the rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder, 12/14/73
Object Number:
INV.14462
Marks:
stamped: under the rim: "JACOBI & JENKINS" besides a tower, "STERLING 925/1000 FINE"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
36718
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Traveling canteen
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Silver plate, cork, wood
Dimensions:
Overall (canteen): 4 5/8 x 2 7/8 in. (11.7 x 7.3 cm)
Description:
Cast silver traveling canteen containing a silver plate fork and spoon, a wooden salt and pepper shaker and a cork divider; circular canteen with straight sides curving under at the base; four geometric bands incised around the body; circular cover with an incurved rim raised to a dome with a depressed center; cork divider with with three rectangular and circular hole cut through to hold the cutlery fitted into the lid; turned, circular, wood salt and pepper shaker with straight sides and a curved top; shaker unscrews into three sections, for holding salt in the base and pepper in the center; fork and spoon hinged in the center to fold in half for storage; both with down turned, fiddle thread handles, rectanglar slides on the shaft, to secure the hinge in the open position, and rounded, chamfered shoulders; four pronged fork; elliptical bowl on the spoon; no makers marks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edward J. Turnbull
Object Number:
1959.111a-f
Gallery Label:
This traveling canteen was used by Ephraim George Squier (1821-1888), a noted archeologist and the father of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
36717
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Candle snuffer and stand
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Sheffield plate
Dimensions:
Part (snuffer): 1 5/8 x 2 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (4.1 x 5.7 x 18.4 cm)
Part (tray): 3/4 x 8 5/8 x 4 1/4 in. (1.9 x 21.9 x 10.8
Description:
Cast silver plate candle snuffer and stand; scissors form snuffer with flat, shaped arms; one arm with a triangular, pointed end and an applied rectangular pan with rounded corners; short, opposite arm fitted with a vertically applied conforming blade; applied, shell decoration on the pointed end and two bands and two shell motifs applied across the top of the pan; circular pivot with an applied, foliate disk; oval grips joined to the arms with cast, c-scrolls; three cast ball feet applied to the outsides of the grips and the base of the pointed arm; rectangular stand with raised convex sides, an applied gadrooned rim and shell and foliate scrolls applied to the corners; no maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Constance Schermerhorn Skillin
Object Number:
1937.195ab
Gallery Label:
This candle snuffer and stand descended to the donor through John P. Schermerhorn (1808-1887) and Louise Schermerhorn.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
36705
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plateau
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Sheffield plate, glass, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 43 3/8 x 20 1/4 in. ( 7.6 x 110.2 x 51.4 cm )
Description:
Cast and seamed three part Sheffield plate, galleried plateau; two semi-circular sections on each end and a rectangular central section; flat trays with wooden bases set with mirrored glass; mirrors and wood set into set into plate frames with vertical galleried sides with a feathered band applied around the bottom (semi-circular trays only have sides around the curved ends); each section set on four sets of cast, semi-circular legs with ball feet; center tray has for single legs, ends have two single legs in the corners and two pairs of legs at the ends; when the trays are lined up they form eight arched legs; above each leg, applied to the sides are rectangles with molded acanthus leaves and bunches of wheat; no maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louisa Lee Schuyler, 1922
Object Number:
1915.27o-q
Gallery Label:
This plateau was paried with an epergne (1915.27a-n), a graceful multi-tiered stand holding five or more dishes, which functioned as a sculptural centerpiece for the dining table and as a practical holder for pickles, relishes, sauces, or dessert confections. Epergnes were occasionally paired with a mirrored plateau, a table adornment that gave extra sparkle to the silver, porcelain, and delicacies displayed on its surface. According to family tradition, this epergne and plateau, though not an intended pair, were used together on the dining table of Philip Schuyler (1733-1804) and his wife Catherine Van Rensselaer (1734-1803). Both the epergne and plateau were rare forms in eighteenth-century America, found only in the homes of the fashion-conscious elite.
Provenance:
Philip Schuyler (1733-1804), who married Catherine Van Rensselaer (1734-1803); probably to their son Philip Jeremiah (1768-1835), who married (2nd) Mary Anna Sawyer (1781-1852); to their son George Lee Schuyler (1811-1890), who married Eliza Hamilton (1811-1863); to their son Philip Schuyler (1836-1906), the donor. Plateau donated by his sister, Louisa Lee Schuyler (1837-1926).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
36703
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanter set
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silver plate, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 25.1 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Three etched glass decanters with silver plated stoppers in a silver plate stand; seamed and cast, circular stand with a flat bottom and straight sides with an all over pierced work, floral, scroll and cartouche design in relief; design around two vignettes, two musicians in a landscape and a mother and child with urn in a landscape; scalloped rim; no makers marks; three pie-shaped decanters (two straight edges, one semi-circular) with narrow tapering necks fit into the stand; necks and upper bodies etched with foliate cartouche designs; cylindrical silver plate fittings with foliate scroll designs in relief fitted around the top of each decanter; egg-shaped silver plate stoppers with a cartouches on each side; one cartouche on each has an image of a boy and girl; no maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock, 1959
Object Number:
INV.14082a-d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
36694
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanter stand and three decanters
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Sheffield plate, glass
Dimensions:
Each (decanters): 3 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (9.5 x 20 cm)
Part (stand): 10 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (27.6 x 26 x 26 cm)
Description:
Cast and wrought Sheffield plate decanter stand with three molded glass decanters; scalloped triangular base with rounded corners, raised to a platform in the center; cast foliate scroll and gadrooned band applied around the edge of the stand; base seated on three paw feet with acanthus leaves and scroll joints; stand formed from three cast reeded rings, to hold the decanters, divided by a central ring; each ring supported by a tapered leg with cast acanthus leaves applied to the exteriors; three small rings are applied to stretchers between the decanter rings to hold the stoppers when in use; three scrolled bars are applied to the stopper rings and to each other in the center to support the cast foliate bail handle; no maker's marks; three molded glass decanters with cylindrical lower bodies raised to globular upper bodies with all over diamond patterns and tapering to a ring at the base of the cylindrical neck with a flared rim; scalloped circular stoppers (two missing); no maker's marks.
Object Number:
INV.14046a-d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
36692
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Traveling canteen
Classification:
Date:
1798-1819
Medium:
Leather, silver, velvet, wood, ivory, steel
Dimensions:
Case (canteen case): 5 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. (14.3 x 8.3 cm)
Description:
Leather Empire canteen with silver beaker, spoon, fork, knife, corkscrew and wood and ivory salt and pepper shaker; hinged, black leather canteen case tapering toward flat top; hinged, angled opening around mid-section with steel push button clasp; circular, silver beaker with straight sides and molded rim fits into bottom of the case; beaker engraved on the front center, "Military Kit/ used by/ Colonel Nicholas Fish/ during the Revolutionary War/ 1775-1783" in script; maker's marks stamped below the rim and on the base of the beaker; leather cup with shaped velvet divider fits inside the beaker and holds folding cutlery; cylindrical wood and ivory salt and pepper shaker with straight sides, domed top with turned ivory knop finial; shaker unscrews into three sections, demarcated by ivory rings; bottom compartment holds a salt cube; center holds ground pepper in the center; all cutlery hinged at centers to fold in half for storage and have wooden handles with inset silver shields, and molded silver bands around bases and below hinges; handles have rectangular domed and molded ends; four pronged fork head; elliptical oval tablespoon; steel blade of the pocket knife folds into handle; maker's marks stamped on the reverse of fork and spoon; "A PARIS" stamped on the blade of the knife; silver corkscrew with baluster socket fitted with a faceted loop bottle opener and fits into tubular silver case.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Stuyvesant LeRoy
Object Number:
1940.674a-h
Marks:
engraved: front center of the beaker: "Military Kit/ used by/ Colonel Nicholas Fish/ during the Revolutionary War/ 1775-1783" in script
stamped: below the rim of the beaker: rooster over "1" in a chamfered rectangle (1st standard mark, Paris, 1798-1809),
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this traveling canteen belonged to Colonel Nicholas Fish, and was used by him during the Revolutionary War. As the canteen and its contents were made between 1798 and 1819, however, they could not have been used this early. Colonel Fish was appointed Adjunct-General to the State of New York following the war and served as an Alderman of the City of New York, 1806-1817. This canteen may have been used during those years for travel.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1819
eMuseum Object ID:
36686
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Inkstand
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1794
Medium:
Sheffield plate, ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 21 x 8.3 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Cast and seamed Sheffield plate inkstand; square base with a square, removable drawer; rectangular drawer face with an ivory pull applied in its center; circular inkwell with fluted sides applied to the base; beaded border around the stepped top of the ink well with a circular pedestal in the center; pedestal with five pierced pen holes in two depressed rings; columnar dusters sits on top of the inkwell; duster has a stepped base, molded rim, engraved foliate garlands around the side and a shallow depresses and perforated bowl applied across the top; engraved on the base, "London" in script; circular duster cover surmounted by a cast urn with a beaded band around the center and acanthus leaves on the sides; urn with a high, domed lid surmounted by an egg shaped finial; reverse of base engraved, "Samuel Bayard/ 1794" in script; no maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Isabel Dod
Object Number:
1943.161a-e
Marks:
engraved: reverse of base: "Samuel Bayard/ 1794" in script
engraved: base of duster: "London" in script
Gallery Label:
This inkstand belonged to Samuel Bayard (1767-1840), great-grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1794
eMuseum Object ID:
36682
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