Tankard
Classification:
Date:
1771-1772
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 6 1/4 x 4 1/8 in. (15.2 x 15.9 x 10.5 cm)
Silver Weight: 17 oz (troy) 16 dwt (553 g)
Description:
Wrought silver tankard; circular body with straight sides tapered from applied, molded, baseband to an applied, molded, flared lip; high, stepped, domed cover; scrolled thumbpiece and a molded hinge-plate with a small bead drop; scroll handle tapering toward the oval lower body joint and flaring to a curled heart terminus; engraved on the front center with the arms of the Crooke family, shield with a crescent in fess with three birds in chief and three birds below, surmounted by an armor helmet and two crossed geese heads with a crescent between, foliate swag above and a garland below; initials, "CB" engraved in bright-cut script in the shield's point; maker's marks stamped to the right of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Wilmot T. Cox
Object Number:
1929.117
Marks:
Inscription: at front center: the arms of the Crooke family in bright-cut engraving of engrailed shield in fesse with cresent moon on gule (red) background, chief decorated with three birds facing left, bottom decorated with three birds facing left and ci
Gallery Label:
This diminutive tankard, emblazoned with the arms of the Crooke family, belonged to Catharina Elmendorf Bleecker (1747-1808). Catharina was born in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, to Petrus Edmundus Elmendorf and Mary Crooke. The family typified the intermingling of Dutch and English cultures that characterized mid-eighteenth-century New York, and Kingston in particular. Perhaps because of Kingston's deep-rooted Dutch culture, the Crooke family worked to preserve their English identity. The London-made tankard, probably a belated wedding gift to Catharina from her mother, served as a reminder of the family's English heritage.
Provenance:
Catharina (Catharine) Elmendorf (1747-1808), who married Rutger Bleecker (1745-1787); to their daughter Maria Bleecker (1780-1850), who married Morris Smith Miller (1779-1824); to their son John Bleecker Miller (1820-1861), who married Cornelia Jones (1825-1901); to their daughter Maria Duane Bleecker Miller (1860-1915), who married Wilmot Townsend Cox (1856-after 1942), the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1772
eMuseum Object ID:
36069
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Pocket communion set
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1854
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Part (Communion cup): 2 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. (7 x 9.8 cm)
Part (paten): 1/4 x 3 x 4 3/8 in. (0.6 x 7.6 x 11.1 cm)
Part (pit
Description:
Wrought silver portable communion set including a Communion cup/ beaker, paten and pitcher center of each piece engraved with the arms of the Clarkson family, shield with a silver bend engraved with three rings, surmounted by an armor helmet and a dragon's head, surrounded by foliate scrolls and draped at the bottom with a banner that reads, "DEO FIDENDUM" in roman letters; below the arms in gothic script, "A. V. C." over, "JUNE 1854" in roman letters; makers' marks on the bases.
Credit Line:
Gift of M. F. Savage
Object Number:
1928.22a-c
Marks:
engraved: front centers: the arms of the Clarkson family, shield with a silver bend engraved with three rings, surmounted by an armor helmet and a dragon's head, surrounded by foliate scrolls and draped at the bottom with a banner that reads, "DEO FIDENDO
Gallery Label:
This pocket communion set belonged to Augustus Vallette Clarkson (1829-1907), the long-time rector of St. Augustine's Church in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, which he founded in 1853. Much beloved by parishioners, Clarkson actively served the church's community but never drew a salary. According to the parish's history, he was remembered as a peripatetic minister who was always "being driven to call on the sick and elderly" confined to their homes, when he would have used this small, portable set, consisting of a miniature paten, chalice, and flagon for the symbolic bread and wine of the Eucharist. Clarkson was ordained as a priest by the New York Diocese on July 2, 1854, and it is possible that this set was given to him in anticipation of that event.
Provenance:
Augustus Vallette Clarkson (1829-1907); to Moses Frederick Savage (1851-1934), the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1854
eMuseum Object ID:
36068
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Table bell
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 12.1 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Cast silver table bell; funnel-shaped body with an applied triangular handle deorated with beading in the center and along the sides; handle topped with a demi-pine cone and foliate scrolls; wire clapper with a ball on the end; engraved on the front of the body, "EEG" in script; maker's marks around the rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder, 12/14/73
Object Number:
INV.14454
Marks:
engraved: front center: "E E G" in script
stamped: around rim: "S" in a winged circle besides, "STERLING 1634"
Gallery Label:
EEG is Emma Elizabeth Gilder (b. 1861), the aunt of the donor (Louise S. Gilder). Emma was a sister of Louise's father, William Howard Gilder (b. 1857, Maryland).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
36067
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Bonbon dishes (2)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 7/8 × 7 1/8 × 3 1/2 in. (7.3 × 18.1 × 8.9 cm)
Description:
One of a pair of wrought silver bonbon dishes; oval, boat-shaped bodies with raised and flared, scalloped rims; foliate, trefoil and circular pierce work around the rims; each dish seated on four cast, pad feet with shell and flower legs; two cast c-scroll and flower handles applied to opposite sides of each rim; bodies all over repoussé chased with shell designs around the bases, floral bands below the rims with bow-knot floral garlands dropped at the ends, and foliate scroll cartouches engraved, "L S G" in script on the sides; unidentified maker's marks stamped on the bases.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder, 12/14/73
Object Number:
INV.14448a
Marks:
engraved: in the reserves: "L S G" in script
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
36056
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Sugar bowl
Classification:
Date:
1893-1931
Medium:
Silver, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 13 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Cast silver sugar bowl with a cobalt glass insert; circular, bowl-shaped body with a pierced geometric band below the applied, reeded rim; seated on four cast paw feet with shell joints; hinged, reeded handle attached to either side of the rim; bowl-shaped molded cobalt glass insert; maker's marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder, 12/14/73
Object Number:
INV.14509ab
Marks:
stamped: on the base: "STERLING" above a winged dragon with a curled tail over "399/ W"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1931
eMuseum Object ID:
36055
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Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1836
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 6 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. ( 33 x 17.5 x 27.6 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver pitcher; circular body with repoussé gadrooning divided by repousséd darts around the lower half; body joined to a molded, circular, stepped foot by a die-rolled loop band pedestal; applied, vertical die-rolled footring; body flares to a convex shoulder and a raised neck with an applied, die-rolled foliate and loop band around the center; rim, low at the sides with a high, extended pouring lip; die-rolled, loop band applied around the rim; double-scroll hollow handle, made in vertical halves, circular in section, tapering toward the base, scrolled acanthus grip and tails, lily-of-the-valley down the center of the handle; engraved, "J. P. S." in gothic script on the center front; makers' marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Constance Schermerhorn Skillin
Object Number:
1969.32
Marks:
Inscription: engraved @ center front: "J. P. S." in gothic script
Description: Initials relate to John Peter Schermerhorn, who received pitcher as Christmas gift in 1836.
Mark: stamped on the base: in banners, "MARQUAND & Co." "NEW YORK"
Inscription: e
Gallery Label:
This water pitcher was given to John Peter Schermerhorn (1808-1887), the grandfather of the donor, by Maria Louise Schermerhorn Rhinelander for Christmas, 1836.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
36043
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Tankard
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1735
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 5/8 x 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. ( 24.4 x 16.5 x 21 cm )
Silver Weight: 43 oz (troy) 17 dwt (1364 g)
Description:
Wrought silver tankard; baluster-shaped body with a flared lip and an applied, molded mid-band; seated on a molded, circular foot; high, stepped, domed cover; triangular spout applied at the rim to the side left of the handle; split thumbpiece with a plain crossbar and molded hinge-plate with a molded drop; double-scroll handle tapered to the lower, oval body joint, and to the domed circular terminal; cipher, "G S" engraved in script on the handle; arms of the Stuyvesant family engraved on the front center of the body, in a cartouche surrounded by foliage, a stag on gules (vertical stripes) below a greyhound on chief chasing a hare on a gold (spotted) ground; surmounted by a demi-stag leaping from a prince's crown; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Gerard Stuyvesant
Object Number:
1922.100
Marks:
"SC" in script with rectangular surround, lion passant in rectangular surround, crowned lion in shield, ship approaching castle in rectangular surround, and letter/date "A" in roman letter in shield in relief.
Gallery Label:
A member of the Stuyvesant family, probably Gerardus Stuyvesant (1691-1777), acquired this 1730s English tankard before the mid-eighteenth century. The city mark of a ship issuing from a castle indicates that the baluster-shaped tankard was made in Bristol, England. A major port for Atlantic trade in the eighteenth century, Bristol sent ships to North America laden with export wares, including textiles and silver and plated goods. Stuyvesant probably took the tankard to one of the city's specialist engravers for personalization. The vessel's decorative midband restricted the area available for embellishment, forcing the engraver to compress the coat of arms into a space just half the height of the body.
Provenance:
Probable descent: Gerardus Stuyvesant (1691-1777), who married Judith Bayard (1685-1751); to their son Petrus Stuyvesant (1727-1805), who married Margaret Livingston (1738-1867); to their son Nicholas William Stuyvesant (1769-1833), who married Catherine Livingston Reade (1777-1815); to their son Gerard Stuyvesant (1805-1859), who married Susan Rivington Van Horne (1812-1899); to their son Robert Reade Stuyvesant (1837-1906), who married Amelia Schuchardt (1837-1915); to their son, Gerard Stuyvesant (1859-1921), the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1735
eMuseum Object ID:
36041
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Mug
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1833
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. ( 10.8 x 7.9 x 10.5 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver mug; globular lower body with fluted lobes around the lower half; high, flared upper body with a cast beaded band around the rim; seated on a molded base with a vertically applied die-rolled cinquefoil foliate footring; s-scroll strap handle with an acanthus grip; engraved on the front, "This cup is presented by the Democratic Republicans/ of the Sixth Ward to/ William F. Crolius/ for the able manner in which he discharged his duty/ as One of the Clerks at the/ Charter Election./ 1833" in script; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Sarah E. Scofield
Object Number:
1909.33
Marks:
Maker's marks: stamped on the base: crowned leopard's head in a shield, lion passant in a rectangle, "I *[?]" in a rectangle, [?] in a rectangle
Inscriptions: engraved at center front: "This cup is presented by the Democratic Republicans/ of the Sixth W
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
36040
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Tankard
Classification:
Date:
1689/90
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. ( 17.8 x 14 x 20.6 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver tankard; circular body with straight sides tapered from applied, molded, baseband to an applied, molded, flared lip; stepped, flat cover with serrated flange at the front; rings inscribed around the edge of the lid; corkscrewed trefoil thumbpiece and a should molded hinge-plate; plain, scroll handle tapering at the lower joint and flaring at the terminus; engraved with the arms of the Sturgis family on the front center, gild chevron between three crosslets, two in chief, on at point in a shield surrounded by gold and foliate scrolls, surmounted by a talbot's head and rope, engraved in a banner below, "ESSE QUAM VIDERI" in roman letters; maker's marks stamped on the lid and to the right of the handle.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Frank Knight Sturgis
Object Number:
1932.104
Marks:
Engraving: front center: the Sturgis family arms; gilt chevron between three crosslets, two in chief, on at point in a shield surrounded by gold and foliate scrolls, surmounted by a talbot's head and rope, engraved in a banner below, "ESSE QUAM VIDERI" in
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1690
eMuseum Object ID:
36039
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Mazer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1498
Medium:
Maple, silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. ( 15.6 x 15.6 cm )
Description:
Turned bird's-eye-maple mazer with silver mounts; deep, bowl-shaped body on a splayed foot with a knob in the center of the pedestal and inscribed rings around the edge of the foot and in the center of the knob; silver mounts around the rim of the foot and bowl, simple geometric engraving on the rim band, cut trefoils with lines engraved around the foot; chased foliate band of silver applied between the base of the bowl and the knob on the pedestal; circular, silver boss applied to the center of the bowl and inscribed, "IOHANNES GALLATINUS SECRETARIUS DUCIS PHILIBERTI 1498" in roman letters around the arms of the Gallatin family, shield with three bezant d'or (gold disks), two in chief and one in point with an empty fess, surmounted by a armored helmet and rose, surrounded by foliate scrolls; no maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Frederic Gallatin
Object Number:
1908.23
Marks:
engraved: on the boss: "IOHANNES GALLATINUS SECRETARIUS DUCIS PHILIBERTI 1498" in roman letters around the arms of the Gallatin family, shield with three bezant d'or (gold disks), two in chief and one in point with an empty fess, surmounted by a armored h
Gallery Label:
This mazer was presented in 1498 by Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, to his Secretary, Seigneur Jean Gallatin. It was passed to Jean Louis Comte de Gallatin, who left it to his daughter Camille, his heiress. She passed it to her daughter, Mme. de la Fleschere, who hated all the members of the Gallatin family. At Mme. Fleschere's death, she left all her possessions, to her servants Mr. and Mrs. Caillat. At the request of James D. Gallatin, a nephew of the donor, the cup was returned the family.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1503
eMuseum Object ID:
36038
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