Cake basket
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Sheffield plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/8 x 13 3/4 x 10 7/8 in. ( 25.7 x 34.9 x 27.6 cm )
Description:
Cast and wrought Sheffield plate cake basket; rectangular, boat-shaped body with a stepped and molded rim; applied, cast gadrooned band around the rim; seated on a rectangular base with straight side and an applied, cast gadrooned band; reeded loop handle with applied acanthus leafs in the center and cylindrical hinges; no maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Townsend Lawrence
Object Number:
INV.14156
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
36013
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Milk pot
Classification:
Date:
1770/71
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 3 x 5 1/2 in. ( 13 x 7.6 x 14 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver milk pot; inverted pear-shaped body on a molded circular foot with a chased waved band around the center and inscribed rings above; body all over repoussé chased with c-scrolls and flowers; raised and flared rim with a high, extended and curled pouring lip, high back and low sides; cast, s-scroll handle with an acanthus grip and fish-tailed terminus, applied to the body at the rim with a cast, c-scroll and to the center of the body; maker's marks below the rim to the right of the handle.
Object Number:
1954.42
Marks:
stamped: below the rim, to the right of the handle: "W B" in a rectangle, lion passant in a rectangle, crowned leopard's head in a shield, "P" in gothic script in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1771
eMuseum Object ID:
36006
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Milk pot
Classification:
Date:
1764/65
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 x 4 1/4 in. ( 10.8 x 7.6 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver creamer; inverted pear-shaped body on a circular molded foot with a band of chased flowers around the center; body all over repoussé chased with bands of waved flutes, ovals, and floral decoration; scroll cartouche repoussé chased on the front center of the body, engraved with an unidentified crest, an anchor held by two arms from below; raised and flared, scalloped rim with a high, narrow pouring lip; cast, c-scroll handle with gadrooning down the sides and beading down the center, applied to the back of the rim and the center of the body; maker's marks stamped below the rim, to the right of the handle.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Object Number:
1911.41
Marks:
stamped: below the rim, to the right of the handle: "WB" in roman letters, a lion passant in a rectangle, a crowned leopards head in a rectangle and an "I" in gothic script
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1765
eMuseum Object ID:
36005
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hot water urn
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Sheffield plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 11 x 11 5/8 in. ( 48.3 x 27.9 x 29.5 cm )
Description:
Cast and wrought Sheffield plated hot water urn; urn-shaped body with two flutes at each side of the body, at the ends; applied, concave shoulder with an applied reeded band around the rim; bezel inside; bright-cut band of flowers and circles and below the shoulder; shield reserve on the front center of the body, surrounded by a bright-cut garland, engraved with unidentified family arms, a shield with a stag at gaze surrounded by foliate scrollls and surmounted by an eagle diplayed holding a shield, over, "B" in gothic script; oval domed lid, with a deep bezel, surmounted by a ball finial; two pivoting ring handles with cylinder hinges, applied to either side of the body with cast lion's mask joints; long round spout, applied to the body with an oval joint with a reeded edge; curved spigot from a cylindrical tap with a curved handle (later addition); seated on a trumpet-shaped pedestal flared to a square bottom; pedestal applied to a square base with concave sides seated on four ball feet with mid-bands; vertically applied, plain base band; wrought and seamed coal cylinder hung on an interior lip from an applied, slightly domed, oval disk with two circular holes cut out on either side; no maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Bequest of John B. Morris, Jr.
Object Number:
1957.202a-c
Marks:
engraved: in the reserve: unidentified family arms, a shield with a stag at gaze surrounded by foliate scrollls and surmounted by an eagle diplayed holding a shield, over, "B" in gothic script
Gallery Label:
This urn desdended through the Arden-Morris families.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
36004
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sugar bowl with lid
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1788
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 13 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver sugar bowl; circular body with straight sides curved under at the bottom; applied molded base and rim; body repoussé chased with swag drapery through rings around the upper part of the body, band of leaves repoussé chase around the lower body; circular, domed lid with a band of chased diamonds around the edge and a medallion of leaves on the top of the dome; lid surmounted by a cast pineapple finial; maker' marks stamped on the base, the edge of the lid and twice on the body below the rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Florence N. Levy
Object Number:
1946.147ab
Marks:
stamped: on the edge of the lid, and one below the rim: "E" beneath a wreath
stamped: on the rim: "E/ T" on either side of a man's face
stamped: below the rim once: "E" in gothic script
stamped: on the base: "[?]8" in conjoined ovals, "A" crowned, and
Gallery Label:
This sugar bowl belonged to Mrs. Arthur Levy (Louisa Barnard, 1807-1887).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1788
eMuseum Object ID:
36003
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creamer
Classification:
Date:
1860
Medium:
Silver plate, gilt
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 9.2 x 10.8 x 7 cm )
Description:
Cast silver plated creamer; pear-shaped, lobed body with a plain footring; four cast, scrolled feet with acanthus leaves applied to the footring with shells between; plain, flat rim; triangular spout with scrolls down the sides, an acanthus leaf below and a trefoil drop; cast, c-scroll handle with floral joints, leaves down the sides and beading down the center; front center of the body engraved with the crowned cipher, "MIM" in block letters; gilt interior; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of James Hazen Hyde
Object Number:
1948.500
Marks:
engraved: front center: crowned cipher, "MIM" in block letters
stamped: on the base: "2 3" in a rectangle and scales in an oval in a rectangle over, "CHRISTOFLE" in roman letters in an oval
Gallery Label:
The cipher, "MIM" engraved on this creamer belongs to Maximilian I of Mexico (1832-1867).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
36002
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature tea service
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1905/06-1908/09
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Teapot: 1 3/4 x 2 1/8 x 7/8 in. (4.4 x 5.4 x 2.2 cm)
Silver Weight: 7.1 dwt (11 g)
Silver Weight: 1.9 dwt (3 g)
Silve
Description:
Silver miniature tea service including a teapot, kettle-on-stand, creamer, sugar bowl, tray and two spoons; each piece of hollowware has an oval body with gadrooning around the lower half; kettle and teapot have concave shoulders, domed lids with gadrooning around the top and ball finials; all but the kettle, which has a bail handle, have squared strap handles; wooden base tray has galleried sides with ball feet and loop handles; two spoons with down-turned double-swell fiddle handles with a long mid-rib, chamfered shoulders and pointed elliptical bowls, handles engraved, "C K" in script; maker's marks stamped on the hollowware.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1585a-h
Marks:
stamped: on the bases of the holloware: an anchor in a rectangle, a lion passant in a chamfered rectangle, "g" in a rectangle "C S & FS" in three conjoined ovals, and "Y"
Gallery Label:
Silver toys-accurate reproductions in miniature of full-size wares-were sold as charming novelties for adults and as instructive playthings for children of wealth. This particular tea set is of dollhouse proportions rather than child-sized and thus was probably enjoyed as a novelty. The venerable London jewelry firm of Saunders & Shepherd, well known for their silver miniatures, produced large numbers of silver toys during the Edwardian era, when the collecting of genuine eighteenth-century miniatures was fashionable. This set was purchased during the 1920s by the folk art collectors Elie Nadelman (1882-1946) and his wife, Viola Flannery (1878-1962), and was probably displayed in their Museum of Folk and Peasant Arts, opened in 1926 on the grounds of the couple's estate in Riverdale, New York. Well known as an avant-garde sculptor, the Polish-born Nadelman was a pioneering connoisseur of American and European folk art. His vast collection, assembled with his wife in just one decade, was purchased by the New-York Historical Society in 1937.
Provenance:
Collected by Elie (1882-1946) and Viola Flannery Nadelman (1878-1962), probably during 1920s, for their Museum of Folk and Peasant Arts, Riverdale, N.Y.; purchased along with the bulk of the Nadelman Folk Art Collection, 1937.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1909
eMuseum Object ID:
36001
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Seal
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silver, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 1 in. ( 7.9 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Cast and chased silver seal; ovoid handle with an hour-glass shaped stem chased all over with floral decoration, acanthus leaves, anthemions and geometric designs; wooded stamp set in the end, carved with a cartouche divided into four triangular quadrants with geometric designs; no maker's marks.
Object Number:
INV.14316
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
36000
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bouquet holder in box
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silver, ivory, leather
Dimensions:
Box: 7 in. ( 17.8 cm )
Overall (bouquet holder): 6 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. (16.2 x 4.4 cm)
Description:
Cast and wrought gilt-silver bouquet holder with an ivory handle; funnel-shaped holder formed from eight cut work four-leaf clovers with diamond and flower patterns in the centers around the top, over eight wrought oval lobes with flowers in the centers; holder is applied to an eight-sided urn-shaped center section decorated with chased flowers; cylindrical handle covered with an ivory tube decorated with a carved vine of flowers; engraved knop finial applied to the base of the handle; four prongs to hold the flowers are inserted in the center of the holder; black leather rectangular box marked in gold, "M. M. S.".
Credit Line:
Gift of John B. Morris, Jr.
Object Number:
1944.88ab
Marks:
stamped: on box: "M. M. S."
Gallery Label:
This bouquet holder was probably used during the wedding of Margaret Antoinette Morris to John Austin Stevens Jr. in 1852.
Provenance:
Margaret Antoinette Morris (b.1830), who married John Austin Stevens Jr. (b. 1827); to her brother 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:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
35998
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Parasol handle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 28.3 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver parasol handle; cone-shaped handle with a long narrow neck; center of neck has an ovoid bulge; hammered surface with inscribed waved lines above and below the bulge; bottom of handle ingraved, "M.MacMartin./ 168 5th. Avenue" in gothic script; no makers' marks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Harriet MacMartin Richards
Object Number:
1942.403
Marks:
engraved: bottom of handle: "M. MacMartin./ 168 5th. Avenue" in gothic script
Gallery Label:
This parasol handle belonged to Malcom Mac Martin, the great-uncle of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
35999
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