Teaspoon
Classification:
Date:
1823 - 1835
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 1 1/8 x 5/8 in. ( 15.2 x 2.9 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
silver teaspoon with downturned fiddle handle with shell decoration and the engraved initials, "SEH" in script; pointed oval bowl with a broad drop; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Harriet MacMartin Richards
Object Number:
1942.276
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "SEH" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle:JAs. D PHILIPS" in roman letters in a rectangle besides three pseudohallmarks in circles
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
29323
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teaspoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1815
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 1 x 3/8 in. ( 13.3 x 2.5 x 1 cm )
Description:
silver teaspoon with a downturned fiddle handle engraved, "J M" in script, and a pointed oval bowl; maker's mark stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Robert G. Goelet
Object Number:
1971.72
Marks:
engraved: on the handle; "JM" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "I & H Jenkins" in a serrated rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
29082
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dog or cat collar
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Brass, nickel, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 7 x 6 in. ( 1.3 x 17.8 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Nickel-plated brass dog or cat collar with chain links and three rectangular panels; projecting ring for leash attachment; seafoam green grosgain ribbon threaded through collar.
Object Number:
INV.11548
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
29081
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fish slice
Classification:
Date:
1865-1897
Medium:
Silver plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 2 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 32.4 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
silver plate fish slice with a downturned, fiddle thread handles with shell decoration; handles engraved with a crest, a dragon on fess; blades rounded and edgded on one side and each come to a point where they meet the opposite, scalloped edge; elaborated floral scroll and dolphin engraved and pierced decoration on both sides of the blades; makers' marks stamped on the blades.
Object Number:
INV.13965
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1897
eMuseum Object ID:
29054
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sugar spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850-1860
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 1 3/8 x 3/4 in. ( 14.6 x 3.5 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Silver sugar spoon with shell-shaped bowl; oval handle with foliate decoration on obverse and reverse; engraved inscription on obverse of handle; stamped maker's mark on reverse.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Dudley Davis in memory of his mother, Marie Antoinette Baker Davis
Object Number:
1950.159
Marks:
engraved in script: on obverse of handle: "Beals."
stamped: on reverse: "HEINEM. . . [in rectangle] PURE COIN"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
28805
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mustard spoons (2)
Classification:
Date:
1855
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 in. × 1 in. × 7/8 in. (14.3 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm)
Silver Weight: 15.4 dwt (24 g)
Description:
One of a pair of silver mustard spoons with upturned wavy-end handles with foliate decoration; circular bowls with leaf decoration; undersides of the handles engraved with the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head; makers' marks stamped on the undersides of the stems.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable Perry Belmont
Object Number:
1936.89
Marks:
engraved: on the undersides of the handles: the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head
stamped: on the undersides of the stems: "W G & S" in roman letters
Gallery Label:
On December 28, 1855, the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants of New York presented Commodore Matthew Calbraith perry with a 381-piece silver dinner service in acknowledgement of his successful negotiation of a treaty with Japan in 1854. In the letter of presentation the committee remarked, "To have brought this secluded Empire, into the intercourse of nations; is an achievement which may justly be ranked, among the greatest events of the age..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
28618
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sugar spoon
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 7/8 in. ( 17.1 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
silver sugar spoon with an upturned threaded, pointed oval handle with a beaded edge and shell decoaration; handle engraved, "A M" in gothic script; scalloped shell bowl with a shell drop; unidentifiable maker's marks on the reverse.
Credit Line:
Gift of Herbert D. Halsey
Object Number:
1941.90
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "A M" in gothic script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: lion passant, leopard's head, "HCY" backwards, "I D[?] N.Y."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
28528
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Butter knife
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1835
Medium:
Silver, agate
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in. ( 18.4 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
silver and agate butter knife; tapered rectangular agate handle with a silver cuff; stepped handle socket with a floral and beaded band, a baluster stem, a flat, scalloped and curved blade; maker's marks stamped on the blade.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Constance Schermerhorn Skillin
Object Number:
1937.210
Marks:
stamped: on the blade: "GELSTON" in a rectangle, bust in a rectangle, lion passant in a rectangle, "F" in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
28457
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ladle
Classification:
Date:
1853-1854
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 3/4 x 3 5/8 x 3 in. ( 34.9 x 9.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Silver ladle with down-turned rounded handle, engraved "WP" in bright-cut script; circular scalloped and fluted shell bowl has tapered drop at reverse; hallmarks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Estelle de Peyster Hosmer
Object Number:
1945.134
Marks:
stamped: on the underside of the handle: gothic "S" in a cartouche surround, lion passant in cartouche surround, crowned leopard's head in rectangular surround, and [?]
engraved: on the handle: "WP" in script
Gallery Label:
This ladle belonged to Estelle Livingston.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1854
eMuseum Object ID:
28455
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teaspoon
Classification:
Date:
1783-1795
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in. ( 14 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
silver teaspoon with a downturned fiddle handle engraved, "JS" in script and a pointed oval bowl with an inscribed arch drop; maker's mark stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Robert G. Goelet
Object Number:
1971.38
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "JS" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "JOHNSON" in a rectangle in roman letters
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1795
eMuseum Object ID:
28270
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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