Dinner forks (4)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1805
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 8 3/8 x 1 x 1 in. ( 21.3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Four silver dinner forks with upturned rounded ends with short midribs, and four tines; Lenox family crest, crowned lion passant on fess, engraved on the reverse of the handle; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the stems.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Sr.; Collection of Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr.
Object Number:
1950.347a-d
Marks:
stamped: on the underside of the stems: "RW" in an oval
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1805
eMuseum Object ID:
33782
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Coffee and tea service
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 12 1/4 x 6 in. (27.3 x 31.1 x 15.2 cm)
Description:
Wrought silver coffee and tea service consisting of a coffeepot, two teapots, a sugar bowl with lid, waste bowl and creamer; oval boat-shaped bodies; on oval stepped bases joined two the bodies by oval pedestals; applied, vertical die-rolled foliate band footrings; applied, die-rolled foliate bands around the pedestals; applied, die rolled foliated bands below the stepped convex shoulders; applied, vertical die-rolled foliate band rims; oval domed lids with gadrooning around the tops of the domes; urn-shaped finials; cast and seamed scrolled handles; engraved, "H" in bright-cut script on the center front of each body; maker's marks on the bases.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Townsend Lawrence
Object Number:
1942.540a-g
Marks:
Inscription: each piece engraved at center-fronts: "B" in bright-cut script
Description: Initial relates to original owner Walter Bowne, who was mayor of New York City from 1829-33
Mark: all pieces have identical set of three hallmarks stamped in relief
Gallery Label:
This generous service, with a statuesque coffeepot, two ample teapots perhaps used interchangeably for hot water or tea, and large covered sugar bowl, waste bowl, and creamer, belonged to Walter Bowne (1770-1846), a wealthy New York hardware merchant who served as the city's mayor from 1828 to 1833. Silversmith John Targee, who marked the service, was an influential city and state politician who had a long history of association with Bowne. In addition to Bowne's patronage of the silversmith in 1806, the two served together as volunteer firemen, and were on the city's Common Council and active members of the Tammany Society.
Provenance:
Walter Bowne (1770-1846), who married Eliza Southgate (1783-1809); probably to their daughter Mary King (1808-1874), who married John Watson Lawrence (1800-1880); to their son Walter Bowne Lawrence (1839-1912), who married Annie Townsend (1841-1902); to their son Townsend Lawrence (1871-1952), who married (2nd) Caroline L. Bogert Browne (1882-1942), the donors.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
33769
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Tea tray
Classification:
Date:
1895/96
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 30 x 20 1/4 in. ( 3.8 x 76.2 x 51.4 cm )
Description:
Silver tea tray; oval in plan with scalloped edges; applied, concave rim with a repousséd floral and bead band and a repousséd bead band where the rim meets the tray; cast octafoil leaf and bead design applied along the edge of the rim; cast bracket handles with a foliate scroll and shell design applied to the sides and base of the tray; ring of engraved floral medallions linked by a foliate scroll garland on the surface of the tray; engraved, "A T M" in the surface center in script; maker's and assayer's marks on base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Townsend M. McAlpin
Object Number:
1974.28
Marks:
Inscription: engraved in center of the tray: "A T M" in script, surrounded by wide border of eight scrolled-and-beaded cartouches with interior floral medallions; edge of rim has engraved border of waves with lily or bellflower pendants.
Inscription: eng
Gallery Label:
This tea tray was a wedding gift to the donor's parents, Alice Townsend Martin, whose initials are engraved on the service, and Benjamin Brandreth McAlpin, on November 10, 1897.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
33763
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Sugar bowl with lid
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 8 5/8 x 5 in. ( 19 x 21.9 x 12.7 cm )
Silver Weight: 16 oz (troy) 4 dwt (504 g)
Description:
Wrought and seamed silver sugar bowl with lid; oval, boat-shaped body on a flat base, with an applied vertical band stamped with stars above four hollow ball feet at the corners; convex band below shoulder with applied star stamped band above; concave shoulder; high rectangular concave cover with an urn shaped finial; two squared and tapered strap handles with molded bands down their centers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lena Cadawalader Evans
Object Number:
1939.15bc
Marks:
engraved: front center: "AD" in bright-cut script
stamped: base: "J. Sayre" in a conforming rectangle in script
Gallery Label:
Belonged to Mrs. Israel Corse, Sr. (Abigal Cornell Doty, 1776-1854).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
33756
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Teapot
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Silver and wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 11 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 29.2 x 13.3 cm )
Silver Weight: 22 oz (troy) 12 dwt (703 g)
Description:
Wrought and seamed silver teapot; oval, boat-shaped body on a flat base; with an applied vertical band stamped with stars above four hollow ball feet at the corners; convex band below shoulder with applied star stamped band above; concave shoulder; high curved spout notched at the lip; hinged, high rectangular concave cover with an urn shaped finial; two rectangular handle sockets, upper vertical, lower angled to fit squared wooden handle; bright-cut engraved initials, "AD" center front.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lena Cadawalader Evans
Object Number:
1939.15a
Marks:
engraved: front center: "AD" in bright-cut script
stamped: base: "J. Sayre" in a conforming rectangle in script
Mark: incised at bottom weight of "23o/z.10".
Gallery Label:
Belonged to Mrs. Israel Corse, Sr. (Abigal Cornell Doty, 1776-1854).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
33755
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Tea service
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 11 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (20.3 x 29.2 x 13.3 cm)
Description:
Seamed silver tea service consisting of a teapot, sugar bowl with lid and a creamer; oval boat-shaped bodies on four ball feet with bands of stamped star decoration at the edges; bright-cut engraved initials, "AD" in script on the front centers; maker's marks stamped on the bases.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lena Cadawalader Evans
Object Number:
1939.15a-d
Marks:
Engraved at front center: "AD" in bright-cut script.
Each piece with identical maker's marks struck on underside: "J. Sayre" in a conforming rectangle in script.
Each piece incised "918" on underside.
Gallery Label:
Belonged to Mrs. Israel Corse, Sr. (Abigal Cornell Doty, 1776-1854).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
33752
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Creamer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. ( 14.9 x 8.9 x 16.5 cm )
Silver Weight: 9 oz (troy) 12 dwt (299 g)
Description:
Seamed silver creamer; curved and fluted ovoid body with a flat applied base and shoulder with a high serrated, raised pouring spout decorated with simple steel-roller die lines, and an applied bright-cut rim; all over steel roller-die cut engraving in geometric and floral patterns with a shield shaped reserve on each side; oval domed lid with an steel roller engraved border and an urn shaped finial; squared silver handles with steel roller-die engraving; "L S L H" engraved in the front shield-shaped reserve in gothic letters.
Credit Line:
Gift of Sarah Lawrence Horn and Mary Thurston Horn
Object Number:
1935.50g
Marks:
engraved: in shield-shaped reserve: "L S L H"
Mark: stamped on base: "GALE & WILLIS/ NEW-YORK/ 925 STERLING"
Gallery Label:
This creamer was part of a service owned by Lydia Smith Lawrence Horn (1835-1894), who came from a distinguished Long Island family. Inspired by the symmetry, straight lines, and bright-cut decoration of American Federal silver, this service is an example the Neoclassical revival. This six-piece tea and coffee service recalls English and American tea services of the 1790s to 1810s that were constructed from seamed silver sheet, then a new material. This service is manufactured primarily from thick-grade silver sheet. The decoration was achieved through a combination of machine and hand processes. The symmetrical designs were probably first stamped or impressed, while the intricate details were hand-engraved.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
33746
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Salver
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1835
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 15 1/8 in. ( 4.1 x 38.4 cm )
Description:
Cast silver salver; 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 twice on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Effie Beekman Borrowe
Object Number:
1939.174b
Marks:
engraved: in the engraved, foliate garland: "June Borrowe from Anne Colt" in script
stamped: on the base: twice, "G. BOYCE" in roman letters in a rectangle besides "N.Y." in roman letters in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
33741
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Salver
Collections:
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Date:
1772-1773
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 55.2 cm )
Silver Weight: 95 oz (troy) 5 dwt (2962 g)
Description:
Wrought silver presentation salver; circular tray with raised, nine lobed sides with an applied molded and gadrooned rim; floral border engraved around the edge of the tray; center of the tray engraved with the Seal of the City of New York, windmill blades divide two beavers and two cider barrels, engraved around this, "This Piece of Plate is the Gift of His Exely. Govr. Tryon, the Genel.: Assemy.: of New-York, to Capt. Sowers Engineer. 13 Mar.h 1773" in roman letters, between a man in Colonial dress holding a plumb line and a Native American holding a bow, each with one hand raised, colonial man touching a fleet of ships, Native American touching a wooded area; seal surmounted by a crown and foliate scrolls and above a banner engraved, "SIGILL/ CIVITAT * NOV/ EBORA" over crossed cannons and military and engineering implements; tray applied to three cast hairy paw feet with five claws, one back, four forward, around a circular bar; descent of the salver engraved on the reverse; maker's mark stamped on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of J. Lawrence Aspinwall
Object Number:
1928.24
Marks:
Mark: stamped on the base: "L. Feuter" in script in a conforming rectangle @ reverse near bottom right foot
Inscription: engraved script at reverse on the base: This piece of plate/ was given to Captain Thomas Sowers in 1773,/ who gave it to his daughter
Gallery Label:
Measuring almost twenty-two inches in diameter and embellished with extraordinary engraving depicting the seal of the City of New York, this salver stands as a masterpiece of colonial American presentation silver. On March 13, 1773, Royal Governor William Tryon (1729-1788) and the General Assembly of New York presented the engineer Captain Thomas Sowers (1740-1774) with this magnificent salver as a token of appreciation for his services in repairing the Battery at the tip of Manhattan, a critical site for the defense of the colonies. Sowers, a young but experienced British army engineer, publicly acknowledged the extravagant gift two days later in the New-York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, thanking Tryon for the "Piece of Plate" and affirming his willingness to be "ever ready to give my Assistance as an Engineer on any future Occasion. . . ."
Provenance:
Thomas Sowers (1740-1774), who married Ann Myer (1748-1774); to their daughter Ann Sowers (1772-1842), who married Gilbert Aspinwall (1768-1819); to their daughter Sarah Ann Aspinwall (1799-1882), who married James Lawrence Moore (1797-1848); to their nephew James Lawrence Aspinwall (1854-1936), the donor.
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "Seventeenth-and eighteenth-century family silver." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 156-161.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1773
eMuseum Object ID:
33729
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Creamer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 4 in. ( 14.6 x 14 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver creamer; octagonal, lantern-shaped body with an extended neck; rounded base set on four scroll feet with acanthus leaves at the knees; plain convex band at the shoulder; cast and applied stepped band around the octagonal, extended pouring rim; cast, scrolled silver handle with an acanthus leaf thumbpiece and cast acanthus blossom below the handle center; crisp engraving of foliate scrolls with japanesque figures and scenes on each of the eight segments of the body; eight different flowers engraved on the rounded base; maker's marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Harriet McMartin Richards
Object Number:
1941.939e
Marks:
stamped: on base: "Wm.. F. LADD" in a conforming rectangle over "NEW YORK " in a conforming rectangle
Gallery Label:
This creamer belonged to Harriet Lyon McMartin, wife of Peter McMartin and great-grandmother of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
33726
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