Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1891
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 3/4 in. ( 14.9 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Cast silver souvenir spoon with teardrop-shaped bowl and spatulate handle with full-length figure of Rip Van Winkle on obverse; stamped maker's mark on reverse.
Object Number:
INV.470
Marks:
in relief: on obverse of handle: "Rip Van Winkle"
stamped: on reverse of handle: "D [in oval] STERLING PAT'D. MAR. 31 91."
stamped: on back of bowl: "PAT. MCH. 3, 91."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
35949
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Teaspoons (2)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 5 3/4 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 in. ( 14.6 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Pair of silver teaspoons with downturned coffin handles engraved, "JAL" in script; pointed oval bowls with inscribed pointed drops; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Charlotte M. Boyer
Object Number:
1909.38ab
Marks:
engraved: on the handles: "JAL" in script
stamped: on the undersides of the handles: "E Day" in script in an oval
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
35947
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Serving Spoons (2)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830-1840
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 13 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 34 x 6 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Pair of silver serving spoons with downturned, threaded fiddle handles engraved, "EM" in script; flared shoulders and pointed oval bowls with threaded drops; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Noel F. Bowers
Object Number:
1984.62ab
Marks:
engraved: on the handles: "EM" in script
stamped: on the undersides of the handles: "ROCKWELL" in a rectangle, lion passant, "W" and a bust
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
35946
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Cake baskets (2)
Classification:
Date:
1800-1825
Medium:
Sheffield plate
Dimensions:
each overall: 4 3/8 x 10 x 8 in. ( 11.1 x 25.4 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Pair of cast and wrought Sheffield plate cake baskets; deep, rectangular, boat-shaped bodies with molded horizontal rims and applied, cast beaded bands along the edges; seated on a concave, ovoid bases with beaded bands along the edges; four, hollow cast, ball feet applied to each base; no maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. John Howard Abeel
Object Number:
1913.11-12
Gallery Label:
These cake baskets belonged to Joanna De Peyster Kuypers Van Zandt.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
35942
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Covered compote
Classification:
Date:
1819-1823
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 9 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (19.4 x 23.5 x 24.8 cm)
Silver Weight: 45 oz (troy) 9.9 dwt (1415 g)
Description:
Wrought silver covered compote; shallow bowl (kylix) with a raised convex shoulder and applied, convex band rim; seated on a splayed pedestal foot with a die-rolled foliate band around the body joint, and a cast, applied geometric skirt and ring band around the center of the pedestal; cast, geometric band applied around the edge of the foot; pedestal screwed onto a square, stepped base with a cast, geometric and foliate band applied around the lower step; four cast paw feet with foliate scroll joints applied to each corner of the base; two cast, double-scroll foliate handles applied to the rim and to the lower body with acanthus leaf joints; domed cover, depressed in the center; pineapple finial screwed through the center of the dome; hallmarks stamped inside the lid; standard marks stamped on the base and pedestal. Removeable base attached with three screws.
Credit Line:
Bequest of A. E. Gallatin
Object Number:
1952.382ab
Marks:
Profile bust of bearded man in octagonal surround (fineness mark); profile of youth wearing laurel wreath in circular surround (Paris guarantee mark); and "J F / i [possibly a tower]" beneath bird in diamond surround (maker's mark) struck on inside of cov
Gallery Label:
This Empire style compote descended in the family of financier and diplomat Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), who served as United States minister to France from 1816 to 1823. According to family tradition, it was presented to Gallatin by the American Legation in Paris, presumably at the conclusion of his diplomatic mission in 1823. This modestly proportioned and minimally ornamented compote takes the shape of a kylix, a shallow two-handled vessel used in ancient Greece. It is adorned with Greco-Roman ornament, including acanthus, anthemions, water leaves, and scrollwork. The elegant dish may have been presented at one of the many farewell dinners given in Paris for the Gallatins between February and April 1823. In Gallatin's later years in New York, he became a life member of the New-York Historical Society and served as its president from 1843 until his death six years later.
Provenance:
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), who married (2nd) Hannah Nicholson (1766-1849); to their son Albert Rolaz Gallatin (1800-1890), who married Mary Lucille Stevens (1818-1892); to their son Albert Horatio Gallatin (1839-1902), who married Louisa Balford Ewing (1843-1922); to their son Albert Eugene Gallatin (1881-1952), the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1823
eMuseum Object ID:
35941
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Coffee urn
Classification:
Date:
1775-1800
Medium:
Sheffield plate, ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/4 x 11 3/8 x 13 1/8 in. ( 48.9 x 28.9 x 33.3 cm )
Description:
Cast and wrought Sheffield plated coffee urn; circular, urn-shaped body; applied, concave shoulder with an applied gadrooned band around the rim; bezel inside; bright-cut band of flowers and scrolls below the shoulder; circular reserve on the front center of the body, surrounded by a bright-cut garland, engraved with the Grim family crest, a unicorn's head, over, "G" in 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 cast ball finial and a s-scroll handle with a screw-on ovoid ivory finial; 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, engraved on the reverse, "D. G. P.G. M. I. G. S. C. A. S. E. C. S." in block letters; wrought and seamed coal cylinder hung on an interior lip from an applied, slightly domed, circular disk with two circular holes cut out on either side; circular lid fitted into the cylinder with a ring handle; no maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Constance Schermerhorn Skillin
Object Number:
1937.187a-d
Marks:
engraved: in the reserve: Grim family crest, a unicorn's head, over, "G" in script
engraved: on the reverse of the baseband: "D. G. P.G. M. I. G. S. C. A. S. E. C. S." in block letters
Gallery Label:
This coffee urn descended through David Grim (1737-1826), Philip Grim (d. before 1826), Miss Isabel Grim Schermerhorn and Charles A. Shermerhorn to the donor, whose initials are engraved on the baseband.
Provenance:
David Grim (1737-1826), who married Maria Hocking; to their son, Philip Grim (1766-1821); to his daughter Maria Isabel Grim (1809-1890), who married George Stevens Schermerhorn; to their son, Charles Augustus Schermerhorn (1839-1914); to his daughter, E. Constance Schermerhorn (b. 1886), who married J. Harper Skillin.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
35937
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Teakettle-on-stand
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Silver plate, ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 5/8 x 11 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. ( 39.7 x 28.9 x 20 cm )
Description:
Cast and wrought silver plated teakettle-on-stand; inverted pear-shaped four lobed body on a circular footring; cast, grapevine band applied around the shoulder; inset, domed and lobed lid, hinged on one side, with a cast grapevine finial applied to the top; cast, scrolled, bail handle with an ivory insulator applied and riveted in the center; handle joined to the body with grape leaf joints; curved spout, scalloped around the juncture, an acanthus leaf below and at the notched lip; four cylindrical pins joined to the center of the body, two on each side, which rest in the stand; cast, scrolled stand; supports and legs cast as intertwining vines with vine stretchers in between; four cast, shell feet applied to the legs; legs attach to brackets which are applied to a burner ring in the center; no makers marks.
Object Number:
INV.14088ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
35936
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Kettle-on-stand
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Silver plate, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/8 x 13 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. ( 46 x 33.7 x 21.6 cm )
Description:
Cast and wrought silver plated kettle-on-stand; squat, bulbous, ovoid body with curved sides tapering toward the rim and the flat base; circular reserves on each side of the body engraved with the Verplanck family crest and motto, a leaping stag on fess over a banner inscribed, "PIETAS ET JUSTIA" in roman letters, all in an oval surrounded by a garland of bright-cut flowers; vertically applied, bright-cut band of flowers applied around the rim; three part bail handle applied on either side of the rim with hair-paw joints, two strap handle supports with bright-cut floral designs riveted to a turned wooden insulator; cast, curved spout joined to the lower body; oval, domed lid surmounted by a ball finial; oval ring stand with four double curved legs and four ball feet; oval stretcher ring applied to the lower legs; four straight stretchers applied to the centers of the legs with a burner ring in between; no maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
1956.198a-c
Marks:
engraved: in the reserves: the Verplanck family crest and motto, a leaping stag on fess over a banner inscribed, "PIETAS ET JUSTIA" in roman letters
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
35929
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Pitcher and salver
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1835
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Part (salver): 15 1/8 x 15 1/8 in. (38.4 x 38.4 cm)
Part (salver 1): 1 5/8 x 15 1/8 in. (4.1 x 38.4 cm)
Part (salver 2
Description:
Wrought silver water pitcher and salver; raised, circular body, wide at the top and tapering to a slightly flared bottom and a circular foot; applied, flat shoulder and concave neck; die-rolled bands leaf and dart molding applied around the footring, the shoulder and the rim; high, narrow, extended pouring lip applied to the front of the neck; s-scroll handle, cast in vertical halves, applied to the back of the neck and the body; engraved, "Hallett Borrowe,/ from his great-aunt/ Ann Colt." in script on the front center of the body; flat, circular dish with plain, applied concave edges and an applied, cast egg and dart rim; seated on four cast hairy paw feet; engraved in the center in an engraved, foliate garland, "June Borrowe from Anne Colt" in script; maker's marks stamped on the bases.
Credit Line:
Gift of Effie Beekman Borrowe
Object Number:
1939.174ab
Marks:
Inscriptions: engraved in script at front center of the pitcher: "Hallett Borrowe,/ from his great-aunt/ Ann Colt."
Inscriptions: salver engraved at center in script "Jane Borrowe from Anne Colt" surrounded by bright-engraved wreath of two twined foliat
Provenance:
Set donated by Effie Beekman Borrowe, a descendant of the Beekman family, one of NYS's most influential and affluent colonial families of Dutch descent.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
35910
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Finger bowl
Classification:
Date:
1883
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. ( 6.4 x 14 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver finger bowl; circular, bowl-shaped body with flared side repoussé chased in high relief with birds perched among ferns and oak leaves; scalloped rim; gilt interior; lightly gadrooned footring; base engraved, "C C S" in foliate script; makers' marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Isabel Shults
Object Number:
1975.12b
Marks:
engraved: on the base: "C C S" in foliate script
stamped: on the base: "TIFFANY & Co/ 7818 M 7609/ STERLING-SILVER"
Gallery Label:
These finger bowls were given to Caroline C. ("Daisy") Beard upon her marriage to John H. Schults, Jr. on December 3, 1890. The marriage united the families of two successful Brooklyn businessmen. Daisy's father, William Beard, prospered in street and railroad construction, while John's father, the German-born John H. Shults, Sr., was the proprietor of one of the largest bakeries in the world. The "Brooklyn Daily Eagle" commented on the wedding presents, including "a set of twelve solid silver finger bowls, which were exhibited at the Paris Exposition . . . It is doubtful if a more magnificent display of presents has ever been seen in Brooklyn."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1883
eMuseum Object ID:
35890
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