Statuette

Classification: 
Date: 
late 19th century
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 5/8 in. ( 9.2 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm )
Description: 
Cast silver statuette of Benjamin Franklin; Franklin, wearing long coat, holds scroll in left hand and tri-corn hat under his right arm; stands on circular plinth; pedestal is circular with square base with cut corners. Silversmith's mark stamped on back of plinth.
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Mr. Charles Allen Munn
Object Number: 
1924.92
Marks: 
stamped: on back of base in rectangle: "SR" stamped: on back of plinth: "1 * 809"
Provenance: 
The Collection of Charles Allen Munn
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
19
eMuseum Object ID: 
33721
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Waste bowl

Classification: 
Date: 
1874
Medium: 
Silver, gilt
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 10.2 x 14 cm ) Silver Weight: 13 oz (troy) 3 dwt (409 g)
Description: 
Spun and cast silver waste bowl in the Egyptian style with gilt decoration; matte-finished, circular urn-shaped body with a molded rim; applied, cast, gilt pharaoh's heads between floral scrolls at the rim on the sides; molded circular pedestal on four cast, gilt winged sphinx feet; gilt interior; engraved, "J/ R" overlapping; maker's marks on the base.
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Children and Grandchildren of John Roach
Object Number: 
1920.18l
Marks: 
Mark: stamped on base: "STERLING" above a lion passant in a chamfered rectangle, an anchor in a rectangle and a "G" in gothic script in a chamfered rectangle over "690/ G"; bottom of each foot stamped [incuse] "3057". engraved: on front: overlapping, "J/
Gallery Label: 
This waste bowl was part of a tea and coffee serviced presented to John Roach (1815-1887) on April 30, 1874 at a lavish gentlemen's dinner held at Delmonico's restaurant in New York City. Honored by eighty-two businessmen for "all he had done to revive American shipbuilding," Roach was regarded as a champion of the industry and its workers. The Roach presentation received extensive attention in contemporary newspapers. The New York Times described it as "a magnificent collection of plate, worthy in every way of the high reputation of the Gorham Manufacturing Company." Made in the years following Gorham's expansion, the service required the work of numerous specialist craftsmen with its construction taking more than sixty-four hours to complete.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1874
eMuseum Object ID: 
33715
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Coffee urn stand and burner

Classification: 
Date: 
1874
Medium: 
Silver, gilt
Dimensions: 
Part (burner): 2 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. (6 x 6.4 cm) Part (stand): 4 1/2 x 9 in. (11.4 x 22.9 cm) Silver Weight: 29 oz (troy)
Description: 
Cast silver coffee urn stand and burner in the Egyptian style with gilt decoration; notched ring frame on four gilt, winged sphinx feet; set onto a wide ring pedestal, which is applied to a cast, matte-finished stand of four curved legs on Greek-key feet; between the legs in the front and back are cast, gilt anthemions, set above two scrolled braces; round cast burner flared at the shoulder with a cylindrical flue through the center; maker's marks on the base of the burner.
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Children and Grandchildren of John Roach
Object Number: 
1920.18gh
Marks: 
stamped: on base: "STERLING" above a lion passant in a chamfered rectangle, an anchor in a rectangle and a "G" in gothic script in a chamfered rectangle over "690/ G" engraved: on front: overlapping, "J/ R"
Gallery Label: 
This coffee urn stand and burner was part of a tea and coffee serviced presented to John Roach (1815-1887) on April 30, 1874 at a lavish gentlemen's dinner held at Delmonico's restaurant in New York City. Honored by eighty-two businessmen for "all he had done to revive American shipbuilding," Roach was regarded as a champion of the industry and its workers. The Roach presentation received extensive attention in contemporary newspapers. The New York Times described it as "a magnificent collection of plate, worthy in every way of the high reputation of the Gorham Manufacturing Company." Made in the years following Gorham's expansion, the service required the work of numerous specialist craftsmen with its construction taking more than sixty-four hours to complete.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1874
eMuseum Object ID: 
33713
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Coffee urn

Classification: 
Date: 
1874
Medium: 
Silver, ivory, gilt
Dimensions: 
Overall: 10 3/8 x 11 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. ( 26.4 x 29.2 x 25.1 cm ) Silver Weight: 49 oz (troy) 5 dwt (1531 g)
Description: 
Spun and cast silver coffee urn in the Egyptian style with gilt decoration; matte-finished, circular urn-shaped body with a squared shoulder, a narrow cylindrical neck and a flared, applied, molded rim; matte-finished, low domed lid, incurved at the edge and surmounted by a gilt winged sphinx finial; two squared strap handles with cast, gilt female heads with acanthus leaf crowns on the sides; base of the handles are spear-headed; tops of handles attach to the shoulder with split scrolled flanges; applied, cast, gilt pharaoh's heads between floral scrolls at the shoulder on the front and back; molded circular pedestal with four rectangular notches sits into the stand; cylindrical spigot applied to the lower front with matte cartouches on the sides and cast flowers in ovals below the tap; gilt, pharaoh's bust spigot finial screwed over an ivory insulator into a octagonal beaded tap with two ovoid grips at the sides; engraved, "J/ R" overlapping, above the spigot; maker's marks on the base.
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Children and Grandchildren of John Roach
Object Number: 
1920.18ef
Marks: 
stamped: on base: "STERLING" above a lion passant in a chamfered rectangle, an anchor in a rectangle and a "G" in gothic script in a chamfered rectangle over "690/ G" engraved: on front: overlapping, "J/ R"
Gallery Label: 
This coffee urn was part of a tea and coffee serviced presented to John Roach (1815-1887) on April 30, 1874 at a lavish gentlemen's dinner held at Delmonico's restaurant in New York City. Honored by eighty-two businessmen for "all he had done to revive American shipbuilding," Roach was regarded as a champion of the industry and its workers. The Roach presentation received extensive attention in contemporary newspapers. The New York Times described it as "a magnificent collection of plate, worthy in every way of the high reputation of the Gorham Manufacturing Company." Made in the years following Gorham's expansion, the service required the work of numerous specialist craftsmen with its construction taking more than sixty-four hours to complete.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1874
eMuseum Object ID: 
33709
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sugar bowl with lid

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1850
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 5/8 x 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. ( 19.4 x 19 x 14.6 cm )
Description: 
Wrought silver sugar bowl with lid; 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 octagonal stepped rim; octagonal domed lid with an octagonal balustrade finial; two cast, scrolled silver handles with acanthus leaf thumbpieces and cast acanthus blossoms below the handle centers; 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: 
1941.939cd
Marks: 
stamped: on base: "Wm.. F. LADD" in a conforming rectangle over "NEW YORK " in a conforming rectangle
Gallery Label: 
This sugar bowl with lid belonged to Harriet Lyon McMartin, wife of Peter McMartin and great-grandmother of the donor.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
33694
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Teapot

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1850
Medium: 
Silver, ivory
Dimensions: 
Overall: 8 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. ( 21.6 x 24.8 x 15.9 cm )
Description: 
Wrought silver teapot; 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 octagonal stepped rim; octagonal domed lid with an octagonal balustrade finial; squared s-curve spout with a notched lip; plain band around the lip rim; three sides engraved with foliated scrolls, garland of leaves engraved above the spout seam; cast, scrolled silver handle fitted with ivory insulators; acanthus leaf thumbpiece and cast acanthus blossom above the lower insulator; 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: 
1941.939b
Marks: 
stamped: on base: "Wm.. F. LADD" in a conforming rectangle over "NEW YORK " in a conforming rectangle
Gallery Label: 
This teapot belonged to Harriet Lyon McMartin, wife of Peter McMartin and great-grandmother of the donor.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
33693
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Coffee and tea service

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1850
Medium: 
Silver, ivory
Dimensions: 
see individual records
Description: 
Wrought silver coffee and tea service consisiting of a coffeepot, teapot, sugar bowl with lid and a creamer; octagonal, lantern-shaped bodies with long extended necks; rounded bases set on four scroll feet with acanthus leaves at the knees; convex bands at the shoulders; cast and applied octagonal stepped rims; octagonal domed lids with an octagonal balustrade finial; crisp engraving of foliate scrolls with japanesque figures and scenes on each of the eight segments of the bodies; eight diffent flowers engraved on the rounded bases; maker's marks on the bases.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Miss Harriet McMartin Richards
Object Number: 
1941.939a-e
Marks: 
Mark: all pieces stamped on bases: "Wm.. F. LADD" in a conforming rectangle over "NEW YORK " in a conforming rectangle Engraving: Each of the eight panels of the body is engraved with asymmetrical foliate scrolls with Chinoiserie figures and scenes. Bas
Gallery Label: 
Belonged to Harriet Lyon McMartin, wife of Peter McMartin (married 1830).
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
33691
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Coffeepot

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1850
Medium: 
Silver, ivory
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 x 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. ( 27.9 x 24.1 x 16.5 cm )
Description: 
Wrought silver coffeepot; octagonal, lantern-shaped body with a long extended neck; rounded base set on four scroll feet with acanthus leaves at the knees; plain convex band at the shoulder; cast and applied octagonal stepped rim; octagonal domed lid with an octagonal balustrade finial; squared s-curve spout with a notched lip; plain band around the lip rim; three sides engraved with foliated scrolls, garland of leaves engraved above the spout seam; cast, scrolled silver handle fitted with ivory insulators; acanthus leaf thumbpiece and cast acanthus blossom above the lower insulator; 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: 
1941.939a
Marks: 
stamped: on base: "Wm.. F. LADD" in a conforming rectangle over "NEW YORK " in a conforming rectangle
Gallery Label: 
This coffeepot belonged to Harriet Lyon McMartin, wife of Peter McMartin and great-grandmother of the donor.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
33690
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tea caddy

Classification: 
Date: 
1896
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. ( 14.6 x 9.8 cm )
Description: 
Cast silver tea caddy with lid in the Georgian melon pattern; round, elongated body with chased lobes decorated with a foliate scroll design; on four cast legs attached to the body with trefoils dropping into paw feet; convex shoulder flared to a scalloped rim with applied cast gadrooning; cast lid with a raised mushroom dome and chased, scrolled foliate design; engraved, "A T M" in script on the center front, and "November 10th 1897" in script on the base; makers' marks on base.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. Townsend M. McAlpin
Object Number: 
1974.27hi
Marks: 
engraved: center front: "A T M" in script engraved: on base: "November 10th 1897" in script Mark: stamped along bottom around periphery four times incuse: "HOWARD & CO."/"NEW YORK"/"STERLING"/"1896" Mark: stamped underside of front right foot also stam
Gallery Label: 
This tea caddy 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: 
33681
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Coffeepot

Classification: 
Date: 
1874
Medium: 
Silver, ivory, gilt
Dimensions: 
Overall: 9 x 9 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 22.9 x 23.5 x 13.3 cm ) Silver Weight: 32 oz (troy) 13 dwt (1015 g)
Description: 
Spun and cast silver coffeepot in the Egyptian style with gilt decoration; matte-finished, circular urn-shaped body with a squared shoulder, a narrow cylindrical neck and a flared, applied, molded rim; matte-finished, hinged, low domed lid, incurved at the edge and surmounted by a gilt winged sphinx finial; squared strap handle with a cast, gilt female head with acanthus leaf crown on the side; fitted with six-sided ivory insulators; lower spear-head handle socket; top of handle attached to shoulder with a split scrolled flange; curved spout, cast in two pieces, with a chased, gilt thistle at the lower front and an applied, gilt acanthus leaf pendant at the lip; applied, cast, gilt pharaoh's heads between floral scrolls at the shoulder on the front and back; molded circular pedestal on four cast, gilt winged sphinx feet; engraved, "J/ R" overlapping; maker's marks on the base.
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Children and Grandchildren of John Roach
Object Number: 
1920.18j
Marks: 
Mark: stamped on base: "STERLING" above a lion passant in a chamfered rectangle, an anchor in a rectangle and a "G" in gothic script in a chamfered rectangle over "690/ G"; bottom of each foot stamped [incuse] "3057". engraved: on front: overlapping, "J/
Gallery Label: 
This coffeepot was part of a tea and coffee serviced presented to John Roach (1815-1887) on April 30, 1874 at a lavish gentlemen's dinner held at Delmonico's restaurant in New York City. Honored by eighty-two businessmen for "all he had done to revive American shipbuilding," Roach was regarded as a champion of the industry and its workers. The Roach presentation received extensive attention in contemporary newspapers. The New York Times described it as "a magnificent collection of plate, worthy in every way of the high reputation of the Gorham Manufacturing Company." Made in the years following Gorham's expansion, the service required the work of numerous specialist craftsmen with its construction taking more than sixty-four hours to complete.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1874
eMuseum Object ID: 
33677
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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