Bottle ticket
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 0.3 x 6 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Rectangular silver bottle ticket with scrolled edges, "WHISKEY" across the center surrounded with rinceau design, circular link chain attached to findings.
Object Number:
Z.2157
Marks:
impressed: across center: "WHISKEY"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
35160
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Porringer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1769-1788
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 8 x 5 5/8 in. (20.3 x 14.3 x 5.7 cm)
Silver Weight: 11 oz (troy) 1.2 dwt (344 g)
Description:
Wrought and cast silver porringer; circular, shallow bowl, with sides curved-out from a stepped, flat, domed base, and back to an everted lip; cast, applied handle with pierced geometric shapes; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Rufus King
Object Number:
1954.163
Marks:
stamped: on base: twice, "C*DUNN" in roman letters in a rectangle
Gallery Label:
Silver porringers have long been a traditional gift to children. Containing hot liquid foods like porridge and broth, the bowls were commonly used for feeding infants in eighteenth-century America. According to family tradition, this porringer was presented to Mary Alsop King (1769-1819) by her father, John Alsop (1724-1794), upon the birth of her first son, John Alsop King (1788-1867). Mary presumably used the porringer to feed their son John as well as the couple's subsequent eight children.
Provenance:
Presented to Mary Alsop King (1769-1819), wife of Rufus King (1755-1827); to her daughter-in-law Sarah Worthington (1800-1877), who married Edward King (1799-1836); bequeathed to her great-grandson Rufus King (1871-1953), who married Jane Skinner (1876-1964), the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1788
eMuseum Object ID:
35156
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Sauceboat
Classification:
Date:
1750-1763
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. ( 12.1 x 10.8 x 19 cm )
Silver Weight: 12 oz (troy) 11 dwt (391 g)
Description:
Wrought silver sauceboat; deep, oval boat-shaped body, with a flared and serrated rim and long, high and wide pouring lip; double c-scroll handle with an acanthus grip and fork terminus joined to and curved above the rim; three cast cabriole legs with trefoil knees and double pad feet; engraved, "G" in foliate script on the front center of the body; maker's mark stamped in the center of the bowl.
Credit Line:
Gift of Constance Schermerhorn Skillin
Object Number:
1937.198
Marks:
stamped: "B LR" (conjoined LR) in an oval struck once inside bowl
engraved: front center: "G" in foliate script
engraved on underside: "G" in block letter; "PG / MIS / CAS" in script
Gallery Label:
This sauceboat closely resembles London examples from the early 1750s. The sauceboat form was introduced into England in the second decade of the eighteenth century as part of a larger revolution in dining brought about by emulation of French aristocratic dining practices and the influx of Continental craftsmen. The partially obscured makers mark appears to be that of Bartholomew Le Roux II, son of Charles Le Roux, the official silversmith to the New York City Common Council between 1720 and 1743, and grandson of Bartholomew Le Roux, the first goldsmith of non-Dutch ancestry to work in New York City. According to family history, the sauceboat belonged to German immigrant David Grim (1737-1826), who was proprietor of the Hessian Coffee House, a popular meeting place for German émigrés.
Provenance:
David Grim (1737-1826), who married Maria Böcking (1730-1779); to their son Philip Grim (1766-1821), who married Elizabeth Daddy (ca. 1785-1859); to their daughter Maria Isabella Grim (1809-1890), who married George Stevens Schermerhorn (1807-1885); to their son Charles Augustus Schermerhorn (1839-1914), who married Louise Schermerhorn (1849-1924); to their daughter E. Constance Schermerhorn (Mrs. J. Harper Skillin, 1886-1981), the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1763
eMuseum Object ID:
35135
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Cruet service
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790-1800
Medium:
Silver, glass
Dimensions:
Part (each cruet): 7 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (18.1 x 4.4 cm)
Part (stand): 3 1/8 x 12 x 5 1/4 in. (7.9 x 30.5 x 13.3 cm)
Description:
Wrought silver cruet stand and six glass cruets; oval, boat-shaped stand raised high on the sides to scrolled ends with chased foliate garlands in the center and on the sides; applied beaded band around the lip; tray seated on four rounded triangular feet with beaded bands; center of the tray engraved with the LeRoy Family crest, a personification of peace holding a laurel branch with a large crown above; stand consists of six attached beaded rings with six tapered and beaded legs screwed through the tray; maker's marks stamped on obverse of tray; six leaded glass, molded, barrel-shaped cruets with eight-sided sloped shoulders and narrow necks that flare to circular rims; center of the body decorated with diamond patterns; lower body divided into eight rounded top panels; each cruet has an ovoid stopper; no maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Robert G. Goelet
Object Number:
1977.5a-g.1-2
Marks:
engraved: center of tray: Le Roy family crest, personification of Peace holding a laurel branch, below a large crown
stamped: above engraving: "E. BRASHER" in roman letters in a rectangle, besides "N-YORK" in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
35126
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Porringer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1719
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 4 5/8 x 6 in. ( 4.4 x 11.7 x 15.2 cm )
Silver Weight: 4 oz (troy) 9 dwt (138 g)
Description:
Wrought and cast silver porringer; circular, shallow bowl, with sides curved-out from a stepped, domed base, and back to an everted lip; cast, applied handle with pierced geometric shapes and scrolls on each side of the joint; engraved on the base, "A/ I *A/ 1719" in block letters; no maker's mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of John B. Morris, Jr.
Object Number:
1957.190
Marks:
engraved: on the base: "A/ I * A/ 1719" in block letters
Gallery Label:
Porringers became increasingly associated with the feeding of children and were clearly a desirable baptismal gift. This petite example bears the initials of James Arden (ca. 1690-1755) and Abijah Bouquet (b. 1693), who married in New York City in 1716. The date "1719" engraved below the couple's initials possibly refers to the birth that year of their second son, Francis. Following baptismal gift-giving traditions, the porringer may have been a present from the child's likely godfather, François Bouquet.
Provenance:
James Arden (ca. 1690-1755) and Abijah Bouquet (b. 1693); to their son Thomas Arden (1721-1798), who married Mary Antoinette Blank (1726-1817); to their daughter Margaret Antoinette Arden (b.1770), who married Frederick Babcock (b.1771); to their daughter Mary Elizabeth Babcock (1808-1851), who married William Lewis Morris (1805-1864); to their daughter Margaret Antoinette Morris (1830-1911), who married John Austin Stevens (1827-1910); to their nephew John Babcock Morris, Jr. (1881-1957), the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1719
eMuseum Object ID:
35124
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Cann
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1750
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 3 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. ( 13 x 9.2 x 14.9 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver cann; baluster-shaped body on a circular molded foot; plain rim; double-scroll handle with a scrolled acanthus thumbpiece, and a forked lower terminus; engraved, "A * D" in block letters on the base; engraved, "H. K. K." in gothic script on the center front; maker's mark stamped on the base. Lid added at a later date.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Henry Goren
Object Number:
1960.13
Marks:
Inscription: engraved on base: "A * D" in block letters
Inscription: engraved on body at center front in Old English lettering: "H. K. K."
Maker's marks: stamped on the base: "N R [faint superimposed V]" in an oval surround.
Gallery Label:
This cann was made for Abraham Duryea (1724-1797) of Brooklyn, whose initials are engraved on the underside of the base. It was bequeathed to his wife, Elizabeth Low, upon his death in 1797. She then passed it on to her sister, Helena Low and her husband, Henry Kip. It was then passed through their son's descendents to Edith Schuyler Ketchum (a great-great granddaughter) who married Charles C. Willis, the uncle of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
35108
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Caster
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Silver plate, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 7.9 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Wrought and seamed Sheffield silver-plate caster; urn-shaped body with a pierced band of ovals around the center; body seated on a high, circular, stepped foot; circular, domed cover with a molded band around the edge and circular piercing all over the dome; cobalt-blue glass liner; no maker's mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lena Cadawalder Evans
Object Number:
1937.11d.1-2
Gallery Label:
This cruet service descended to the donor through either the Ketchum or Morris families.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
35093
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Mustard pot
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Sheffield plate, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 2 x 3 1/4 in. ( 8.3 x 5.1 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Wrought Sheffield silver-plate mustard pot with a cobalt glass liner; cylindrical body with two pierced bands of ovals above the molded baseband and below the beaded rim with a pierced and wheel turned foliate motif between the bands; hinged, stepped and domed, circular cover with a semi-circle cut from the front center; looped thumbpiece; molded hinge-plate with a shaped drop; scroll handle with reeding along the edges; cylindrical cobalt-blue glass liner; no maker's mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number:
1937.11e
Gallery Label:
This cruet service descended to the donor through either the Ketchum or Morris families.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
35090
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Child's mug
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1834
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 2 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 9.5 x 7.3 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver christening mug; cylindrical body, flares at the lip, on a molded and stepped pedestal with an applied, stamped foliate footring; applied band at the base of the body with a chased pastoral scene of windmills, sheaves of wheat, beehives and farm houses; applied foliate band around the rim; s-scroll strap handle at rear with chased foliate decoration; engraved, "Louis Godey Wemyss" in script on the center front; maker's marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of H. C. Wemyss
Object Number:
1943.149
Marks:
Inscription: engraved at center front: "Louis Godey Wemyss" in script
Mark: stamped on base: "G. B" over "N. Y" in a rectangle
Gallery Label:
This child's mug was presented to Louis Godey Wemyss by his godfather Louis A. Godey for his christening in 1834 or 1835.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1834
eMuseum Object ID:
35079
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Cann
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1760
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 3 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. ( 13.3 x 9.2 x 14.9 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver cann; baluster-shaped body on a circular molded foot; plain, molded band applied around the rim; double-scroll handle with a scrolled thumbpiece, and a forked lower terminus; maker's mark stamped on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Sr.; The Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr. Collection
Object Number:
1951.92
Marks:
Maker's marks: stamped on bottom: "S. CASEY" in a rectangle surround
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1770
eMuseum Object ID:
35077
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