Salt and pepper shakers

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
overall: 5 1/8 x 2 in.
Description: 
Wrought silver salt and pepper shakers; pear-shaped bodies with long narrow necks; bodies covered with foliate repoussé chasing; three, cast paw feet applied to the bodies with foliate trefoil knees; plain, applied bands around the rims; high, domed covers with all over foliate repoussé chasing; upper halves have circular pierce-work; small knob finials applied to the tops; maker's marks on the bases.
Object Number: 
INV.14520a-d
Marks: 
stamped: on the bases: "925/STERLING/1000" and an unidentifiable mark possibly a crowned "B"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
34975
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pepper shaker

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 1/8 x 2 in. ( 13 x 5.1 cm )
Description: 
Wrought silver pepper shaker; pear-shaped body with a long narrow neck; body covered with foliate repoussé chasing; three, cast paw feet applied to the body with foliate trefoil knees; plain, applied band around the rim; high, domed cover with all over foliate repoussé chasing; upper half has circular pierce-work; small knob finial applied to the top; maker's mark on the base.
Object Number: 
INV.14520cd
Marks: 
stamped: on the base: "925/STERLING/1000" and a crowned "B"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
34973
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Brandywine bowl (brandewijnkom)

Classification: 
Is owned by NYHS: 
Yes
Highlight: 
Display this item in the highlights
Date: 
ca. 1700
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 3/4 x 12 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. ( 14.6 x 31.4 x 22.2 cm ) Silver Weight: 21 oz (troy) 6 dwt (662 g)
Description: 
Raised silver two-handled lobate bowl; deep, bowl-shaped body, with sides curved out from an applied, molded footring with a stamped "x" band and an applied six lobed, scalloped base, and back to an inward sloping rim; sides divided into six panels by deep, chased vertical "U"-shaped lines, lines are punched inward at the top to give a lobed affect to the lip; in each panel an escutcheon-shape is formed by deep chased lines, with scrolls below; within each escutcheon are repoussé chased flowers, alternating tulips and pinks with lightly engraved scrolls at each side; center of the bowl has a repoussé chased floral motif surrounded by six trefoils; two cast, c-scroll, caryatid handles applied at the lip and the mid body, forked at the lower terminal, beaded down the sides; engraved, "P/ C * M" in block letters in the lower center of one lobe; engraved in the opposite lobe, "E. D. P." in the lower center; engraved center of bowl, "H. C. de Peyster" in script; maker's mark on the lip.
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Object Number: 
1911.38
Marks: 
Inscription: engraved at lower center of one lobe: "P/ C * M" in block letters Inscription: engraved at opposite lobe: "E. D. P." Inscription: engraved script at center front: "H. C. de Peyster" Mark: stamped at lip: "W. K/ B" in a heart outline surr
Gallery Label: 
The brandywine bowl, a decorative vessel favored by elite families of Dutch descent, embodies the perpetuation of Dutch tradition in New York. Brandywine bowls are traditionally associated with the Dutch ritual of the kindermaal, a celebratory feast held in honor of a mother and her newborn child. This bowl is engraved with three sets of initials, which trace the bowl's ownership through six generations of the De Peyster family. The earliest set indicates that the bowl was made to celebrate the birth of one of the children of New York City merchant Cornelis De Peyster and his wife, Maria Bancker, who married in 1694.
Provenance: 
Cornelis De Peyster (1673-1749) and his wife Maria Bancker (1675-1710); possibly descended to his nephew, Abraham De Peyster, Jr. (1696-1767), who married Margaretta Van Cortlandt (1694-1769); to their son James A. De Peyster (1726-1799), who married Sarah Reade (1724-1802); to their son Colonel Abraham De Peyster (1753-1799), who married Catherine Augusta Livingston (1759-1839); to their daughter Harriot Charlton De Peyster (1788-after 1870); to her niece Catherine Augusta De Peyster (1835-1911), the donor.
Bibliography: 
Hofer, Margaret K. "Seventeenth-and eighteenth-century family silver." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 156-160. Krohn, Deborah, Peter Miller, and Marybeth De Filippis, eds., "Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta van Varick." New York: Bard Graduate Center, New-York Historical Society, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009, p. 216-7
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1700
eMuseum Object ID: 
34957
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tea caddy

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 10.8 x 9.5 cm )
Description: 
Spun silver tea caddy; globular body repoussé chased all over in an elaborate floral design; plain rim stamped with the makers' marks; circular cap repoussé chased all over in the same floral design with a plain rim; engraved on the base, "E E G" in script.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder, 12/14/73
Object Number: 
INV.14503
Marks: 
engraved: on base: "E E G" in script stamped: on the rim: "JACOBI & JENKINS" besides a tower, "STERLING 925/1000 FINE"
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: 
34946
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tea caddy

Classification: 
Date: 
1780-1800
Medium: 
Silver plate, ivory
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 1/8 x 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 13 x 13.3 x 8.3 cm )
Description: 
Seamed Sheffield silver plate tea caddy; oval body with straight sides, seamed down the left side; body has impressed geometric bands around the rim and base and oval reserves between impressed floral garlands; keyhole above obverse reserve; hinged, oval lid, flat at the edges, raised in the center to a low oval dome; turned oval, ivory finial screwed through the center of the dome; no maker's marks.
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Elizabeth B. Knight
Object Number: 
1940.349
Gallery Label: 
This tea caddy belonged to Major and Mrs. Leonard Bleecker.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1800
eMuseum Object ID: 
34944
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Salt and pepper shakers (pair)

Classification: 
Date: 
1901
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
each overall: 4 5/8 x 2 in. ( 11.7 x 5.1 cm )
Description: 
Pair of wrought silver salt and pepper shakers with lids; pear-shaped bodies with a long narrow necks; bodies covered with foliate and fern repoussé chasing; three, cast paw feet applied to the bodies with anthemion knees; plain, applied bands around the rims; high, domed covers with all over foliate repoussé chasing; upper halves have circular pierce-work; small knob finials applied to the tops; engraved on the bases, "E E G/ JUNE 8, 1901" monogram in script, date in block letters; makers' marks on the cover bezels.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder, 12/14/73
Object Number: 
INV.14519a-d
Marks: 
engraved: on bases: "E E G/ JUNE 8, 1901" monogram in script, date in block letters stamped: on cover bezels: "KIRK & SON Co.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1901
eMuseum Object ID: 
34940
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pepper shaker

Classification: 
Date: 
1901
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 5/8 x 2 in. ( 11.7 x 5.1 cm )
Description: 
Wrought silver pepper shaker with lid; pear-shaped body with a long narrow neck; body covered with foliate and fern repoussé chasing; three, cast paw feet applied to the body with anthemion knees; plain, applied band around the rim; high, domed cover with all over foliate repoussé chasing; upper half has circular pierce work; small knob finial applied to the top; engraved on the base, "E E G/ JUNE 8, 1901" monogram in script, date in block letters; maker's mark on the cover bezel.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder, 12/14/73
Object Number: 
INV.14519ab
Marks: 
engraved: on base: "E E G/ JUNE 8, 1901" monogram in script, date in block letters stamped: on cover bezel: "KIRK & SON Co.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1901
eMuseum Object ID: 
34939
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Caster

Classification: 
Date: 
1875-1900
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. ( 19.7 x 6.7 cm )
Description: 
Cast silver caster; baluster-shaped body on an applied, cast, stepped, splayed foot; plain applied band at the contraflexure; molded band applied around the rim; high, octagonal, domed cover with applied, cast flange; above flange, are six ovoid panels of pierced geometric shapes; applied, cast, circular, stepped disk on the top of cover, surmounted by an applied, beaded finial above; stamped, "STERLING" on the base.
Object Number: 
INV.14288ab
Marks: 
stamped: on the base: "STERLING/ 3615"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
34938
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Caster

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1850
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 12.4 x 5.7 cm )
Description: 
Wrought silver caster; baluster-shaped body, with an inverted-pear shaped lower body; seated on an applied, stepped splayed foot with a stamped bell flower footring; scroll and shell design chased below the contraflexure; chased cartouche in the center of the upper body with a chased band of flowers around the sides; cartouche engraved, "Sophie/ to her/ Mother" in script; applied, stepped band around the rim; high, domed cover with circular pierce-work all over; plain, applied, molded flange around the bottom; cast knob finial applied to the top; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Adelaide Milton de Groot
Object Number: 
1941.999ab
Marks: 
engraved: in the cartouche: "Sophie/ to her/ Mother" in script stamped: on the base: eagle, conforming over, "NEW-YORK" in a rectangle over, "W.F" in a rectangle
Gallery Label: 
"Sophie" is Sophie Windle.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
34937
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Caster

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1790-1800
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 15.6 x 5.7 cm )
Description: 
Wrought silver caster; baluster-shaped body, with an inverted-pear shaped lower body; seated on a high, applied splayed foot with a reeded footring; plain, applied band around the contraflexure; applied, beaded band around the rim; high, domed cover with angled inscribed bands between bands of circular pierce-work; applied, molded flange around the bottom; applied stepped, circular disk with a cast urn finial applied to the top; engraved, "H" in bright-cut script on the center of the body; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. Robert G. Goelet
Object Number: 
1983.2ab
Marks: 
engraved: center of the body: "H" in bright cut script stamped: on base: "I * V" in a rectangle, "P" in roman letters in a rectangle; unidentifiable pseudohallmark
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1800
eMuseum Object ID: 
34936
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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