Teapot
Classification:
Date:
1900-1925
Medium:
Silver plate, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 10 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 18.4 x 27.3 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Cast and wrought silver teapot; oval, boat-shaped body with narrow fluting around the lower body; beaded band applied below the shoulder; concave shoulder; oval domed foot with fluting around the dome and a beaded band around the foot; oval, domed lid with fluting around the dome and a oval wooden finial; squared, wooden strap handle; high, notched, s-curve spout with fluting at the joint; engraved on the front of the body, "CGI" in foliate script; makers' marks stamped on the underside of the base.
Object Number:
INV.589b
Marks:
engraved: on the front of the body: "CGI" in foliate script
stamped: on the base: "GORHAM/ ELECTROPLATE/ 01170/ 2 3/4 PINTS/ 7" around an anchor in a shield
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
34666
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Toddy pot
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1810-1830
Medium:
Silver, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. ( 14 x 21 x 11.7 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver toddy pot; squat, round body with a slightly concave shoulder; plain band applied around the rim; round lid raises to a low dome with a hollow, cast ball finial in the center; triangular spout with a hinged lid over the lip; cylindrical handle sockets with plain bands around the edges fitted with a wooden c-scroll handle; maker's mark inside lid.
Credit Line:
Gift of Constance Schermerhorn Skillin
Object Number:
1937.192ab
Marks:
stamped: inside lid: "G. EOFF" in a rectangle
Gallery Label:
Used to serve toddy, a drink of brandy or other liquor with hot water, sugar and spices. It belonged to David Grim (1737-1826).
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:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
34658
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Teapot
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1910
Medium:
Silver plate, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 10 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. ( 15.2 x 26.7 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Cast electroplated silver teapot; oval body tapers toward the foot; applied molded plain band footring; concave shoulder; lower body decorated with long thin gadroons and the upper body has an elaborate band of flowers, ferns and leaves; oval hinged lid raising to an oval gadrooned dome in the center with a wooden finial with a silver knop screwed through the center; cylindrical handle sockets with two plain rings along the edges, fitted with a squared wooden handle with a scroll thumbpiece; curved spout with a flat top and gadrooned base; notched spout lip; engraved "A W S" on the shoulder; makers' marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Louise Grove
Object Number:
1970.3
Marks:
engraved: on shoulder: "A W S"
stamped: on base: "TIFFANY & Co./ 10486 MAKERS 119/ SILVER-SOLDERED- E.F./ a/ L"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
34654
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Waste bowl
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 6 7/8 in. ( 10.8 x 17.5 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver waste bowl; round body with an applied molded rim; seated on a molded circular foot with an applied, reeded footring; a decorative geometric band and a foliate band are engraved below the rim; "J P R H S" engraved in script inside a garland on the center front; "L S" engraved on the base; maker's marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Constance Schermerhorn Skillin
Object Number:
1937.180
Marks:
engraved: center front: "J P R H S" in bright-cut script
engraved: on the base: "L S" in script
stamped: on base: "I & P T" in a rectangle besides a roman "P" in a rectangle and a leopard's head in a chamfered rectangle
Gallery Label:
Belonged to Rebecca Hodgson Stevens and her husband, whose intials are engraved in the center. It descended in the Schermerhorn family from her sons, George S. and John P. Schermerhorn (1808-1887) to her grandson and his wife Louise Schermerhorn (b. 1849) whose initials are engraved on the base.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
34649
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Creamer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1870
Medium:
Silver plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. ( 11.7 x 10.5 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Spun silver plate creamer; pear-shaped body with a narrow neck flared to an extended pouring lip; plain band applied around the rim; seated on a circular molded foot; s-scroll handle tapering at both ends with a beaded thumbpiece; gilt interior; circular reserves on both sides surrounded by engraved geometric circles with trefoils and foliate scrolls; marked on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. de Peyster Hosmer
Object Number:
1948.103
Marks:
stamped: on base: "1300/ HARD SOLDERED/ 1/2"
Gallery Label:
This creamer was given to Julia Anna Toller (1847-1937) and Johnson Livingston de Peyster, the parents of the donor, by Mary Toller (d. 1884) at the time of their wedding.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
34648
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Sugar bowl with lid
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1870
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 7/8 x 6 x 3 1/8 in. ( 12.4 x 15.2 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Wrought and seamed Colonial Revival sugar bowl with lid; oval, fluted body with straight sides; flat shoulder with a plain raised rim; oval lid, flat at the edges with an oval dome in the center surmounted by a flat Greek cross finial; two cast, squared strap handles; all over bright-cut engraving, foliate scroll bands around the base and top of the body, semi-circles around the dome; wheel turned design around the edge of the shoulder; shield-shaped reserves on the front and rear of the body, front reserve engraved, "J T A" in script; retailer's marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. De Peyster Hosmer
Object Number:
1948.100ab
Marks:
engraved: in shield reserve: "J T A"
stamped: on base: "FORD & TUPPER/ 925 STERLING"
Gallery Label:
This sugar bowl was given to Julia Anna Toller (1847-1937) and Johnson Lingston De Peyster, parents of the donor, by Mary Toller (d. 1884) at the time of their marriage.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
34642
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Hot water urn
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 7/8 x 13 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. ( 45.4 x 34.3 x 29.2 cm )
Silver Weight: 98 oz (troy) 13 dwt (3068 g)
Description:
Wrought silver hot water urn; inverted pear-shaped body with eight chased grooves equally spaced around the body; seated on a molded pedestal; stamped egg-and-dart band around the top of the pedestal; chased and repousséd floral band around the base of the pedestal; pedestal applied to a rounded square base with a die-rolled floral band,between beading and reeded bands, around the edge; on four cast scrolled scallop and foliate feet; plain concave neck flared to a beaded platform, above a chased and repousséd foliate band; applied vertical die-rolled rim; lid flat at the edges raised in the center to a chased and repousséd dome in a foliate design; elaborate chased and repousséd basket of fruit finial applied to the top of the dome; two cast s-scroll handles, crimped in the center by a plain band, partially covered with flowers and acanthus leaves applied to the sides of the body; chased and repousséd acanthus decoration around the base of the body; octagonal spigot joined to the lower body with a circular joint; elaborate cast leaf spigot finial; acanthus leaf pendent with a foliate band applied around the spigot lip; two chased and repousséd, scrolled foliate cartouches engraved "G" in the centers in script; wrought and seamed coal cylinder hung on an interior lip from an applied circular disk with three punch work ovals; circular lid in the center with a ring handle; makers' marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mary MacKaye Greenwood
Object Number:
1969.15a-d
Marks:
Mark: stamped on base of urn in relief: "GALE WOOD & HUGHES" in a rectangle above two eagles in ovals above "MANUFACTURERS" in a curved serrated banner
Inscription: engraved in the cartouches: "G" in script
Description: "G" related to family of Isaac Jo
Gallery Label:
This hot water urn is part of a raised and chased tea service and is an example of the many variations of sets available to wealthy Americans during the 1830s and 1840s. The set illustrates the ways in which families augmented (or disassembled) them over time. The assembled service belonged to Dr. Isaac John Greenwood (1795-1865), a prominent New York City physician and dentist. Greenwood was the son of Dr. John Greenwood (1760-1819), a Revolutionary War veteran who arrived in New York in about 1785, and by 1789 had earned the distinction of becoming George Washington's dentist. Isaac Greenwood may have acquired the tea service around 1832, following his marriage to his second wife, Mary McKay (1815-1899). The couple probably had the hot water urn made later to match the set.
Provenance:
Isaac John Greenwood (1795-1865), who married (2nd) Mary McKay (1815-1899); to their son Isaac John Greenwood, Jr. (1833-1911), who married Mary Agnes Rudd (1847-1890); to their daughter Mary MacKaye Greenwood (1871-1968), the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
34636
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Sugar bowl with lid
Classification:
Date:
1820 - 1830
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 24.8 x 23.5 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver sugar bowl with lid; oval, boat-shaped body with wide gadroons around the lower body; seated on an oval splayed foot with a vertically applied, chased and repousséd foliate footring; body flares to an applied, chased and repousséd foliate band below a convex shoulder with a vertically applied, chased and repousséd foliate rim; oval lid raised in the center to an oval, domed platform surmounted by a cast basket of fruit finial; two c-scroll handles, cast in vertical halves, crimped in the center; single terminal attaches handles to the upper body, double lower terminals; engraved, "A F M" on the front center in script; makers' marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Miss Anita Barnard Frisch
Object Number:
1977.49c.1-2
Marks:
engraved: center front: "A F M" in script
stamped: on base: "T & H" in a rectangle above"N-YORK" in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
34634
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Creamer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/8 x 6 x 3 1/4 in. ( 16.2 x 15.2 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver creamer; oval, boat-shaped body with wide gadrooning around the lower body; seated on a rectangular molded foot with a vertically applied egg and dart footring; chased and repousséd oak-leaf and acorn band applied between the main body and the raised and extended pouring lip with a vertically applied vertically banded rim; cast, dog's head s-scroll handle attached to the upper and lower body with cast c-scroll joints; engraved, "A M K" in script on the front center; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Robert G. Goelet
Object Number:
1982.13b
Marks:
engraved: front center: "A M K" in script
stamped: on base: "I. T." in a rectangle besides a leopard's head in an oval and a roman "P" in a square
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
34631
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Partial tea service
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1878
Medium:
Silver, copper, ivory, jade
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 7 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. (13 x 19.1 x 9.2 cm)
Description:
Seamed and wrought partial silver tea service in the Japanese style consisting of a teapot and creamer; square bodies with slightly curved sides; silver, gold and copper mounts; vines with leaves meander around the bodies with copper gourds hanging from them; gold butterflies, a copper and gold dragonflies and copper butterflies are also applied; carved, split peach jade finial on the teapot; teapot handle and center of the creamer body engraved with a bishops miter (unidentified family crest,) and the initials, "A. W. R." in block letters; makers' marks on the bases.
Credit Line:
Gift of Robert G. Goelet
Object Number:
1982.59-60
Marks:
Inscription: engraved on teapot handle and creamer body: "A. W. R." in block letters below a bishop's miter
Mark: on base of teapot: "TIFFANY & Co./ 5048 M 892/ STERLING SILVER/ -AND-/ OTHER METALS/ 741"
Mark: on base of creamer: " TIFFANY & Co./ 5048
Gallery Label:
The design of the creamer is identical to the 1872 "Vine" flatware pattern made by Tiffany & Co. A similar piece is in the collection of the Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1878
eMuseum Object ID:
34625
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