Sauce ladle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 21 x 6.4 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
silver sauce ladle with a downturned fiddle handle engraved, "Chedell" in script, flared shoulders and a deep circular bowl; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joan R. Drummond and John Chedell Richardson, Jr.
Object Number:
1984.127
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "Chedell" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "CHEADELL" in a rectangle, "AUBURN" in a rectangle
Gallery Label:
The donors are the great-great-granddaughter and grandson of the silversmith.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
20221
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teaspoons (6)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830-1840
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 6 x 1 1/4 x 7/8 in. ( 15.2 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Six silver teaspoons with upturned fiddle handles with splayed midribs on the front and pointed oval bowls; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Object Number:
INV.14095a-f
Marks:
stamped: on the undersides of the handles: "WM ROGERS 12"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
19853
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt spoons (2)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 3 7/8 x 3/4 x 3/8 in. ( 9.8 x 1.9 x 1 cm )
Description:
Pair of silver saltspoons with conch shell handles, split stems in the form of coral and scalloped shell bowls; no maker's marks.
Object Number:
INV.14112ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
19852
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Argand lamp
Classification:
Date:
1810-1820
Medium:
Sheffield plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 1/2 x 14 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (67.3 x 36.2 x 16.5 cm)
Each (shade): 6 x 8 1/2 in. (15.2 x 21.6 cm)
Description:
Cast Sheffield plate Argand lamp; hour-glass shaped pedestal with molded midband ring and cast foliate scrolls applied around the center, a lobed circular foot and a spiral gadrooned rim; seated on a square platform with an applied gadrooned edge and four cast hairy paw feet with foliate scroll knees; pedestal supports a second smaller baluster pedestal with fluting around the lower half and a gadrooned rim; second pedestal supports a cylindrical shaft with molded ring; two cast arms with acanthus decoration applied to the sides of the shaft; two cylindrical tubes applied to the tops of the arms at the lamp ends; cylindrical lamp shafts applied to the arms vertically; globular reservoirs with ball drops, concave shoulders, applied gadrooned rims and circular perforations in the tops, applied to the bases of the lamp shafts; gadrooned rings around the centers of the shafts hung from circular supports at the tops; circular pedestal applied to the top of each shaft which support the burners; baluster pedestal with a cast foliate scroll base applied to the top of the central shaft; large globular body with fluting around the lower half applied to the top; body with concave shoulder, gadrooned rim and applied fluted dome surmounted by a pineapple finial; rewired for gas; no maker's marks; two Baluster-shaped cut and frosted glass shades with outward turned rims, narrow necks, and spherical bodies; necks and bodies with cut flowers and vines.
Credit Line:
Gift of Effie Beekman Borrowe
Object Number:
1938.307b.1-3
Gallery Label:
In the 1780s, Americans learned of a revolutionary new alternative to candlelight and primitive oil lamps. The Argand lamp, patented in London by Swiss chemist François-Pierre Amié Argand in 1784, produced ten to twelve times more light than a single candle and emitted less smoke and odor than simple oil lamps. This handsome lamp is one of a pair probably purchased by John Beekman (1768-1843) and Mary Elizabeth Bedlow (1771-1848) of New York in the 1810s. They were converted to gas lamps during the mid-nineteenth century. Once converted, their location had to be fixed, as the lamps were plugged into gas pipes projecting through the wall.
Provenance:
Probable descent: John Beekman (1768-1843), who married Mary Elizabeth Bedlow (1771-1848); to their daughter Jane Beekman (1805-1876), who married Dr. Jacob Hallett Borrowe (1808-1873); to their son Samuel Borrowe (1837-1896), who married Euphemia Campbell (1839-1928); to their daughter Effie Beekman Borrowe (1863-1951), the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
19401
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
1911
Medium:
Silver, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in. ( 13.3 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Silver souvenir spoon with gilding; double profile portrait of King George V and Queen Mary enclosed in a wreath on inside of oval bowl; handle with throne at center and royal crest finial; relief inscription and stamped hallmarks on reverse.
Object Number:
INV.13986
Marks:
in relief: on inside of bowl: "KING / GEORGE V / MARY / QUEEN / CONSORT"
in relief: on reverse of handle: "CROWNED AT WESTMINSTER JUNE 22ND 1911"
stamped: on handle finial, reverse side: series of three letters(?) in rectangle followed by flower(?), lio
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1911
eMuseum Object ID:
19364
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coffeepot
Classification:
Date:
1900-1925
Medium:
Silver plate, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 10 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 22.9 x 26 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
Cast and wrought silver coffeepot; 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.589a
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:
18996
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Serving spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 23.5 x 8.3 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Silver serving spoon has a double-swell fiddle handle and scrolled bird's head tip. Handle also decorated with foliate scrolls, fruit, and lion's head mask; pear-shaped bowl has scrolled drop at reverse; makers' marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louise S. Gilder, 12/14/73
Object Number:
INV.14546
Marks:
stamped: on the underside of the handle; "HARRIS & SHAFER CO." and "PATENT/ 1900"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
18948
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Serving spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 20 x 3.8 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
wrought silver serving spoon with a downturned oval handle with a short midrib on the underside and engraved scrolls around a rectangular reserve engraved, "EEG" in script; gilt, pear-shaped bowl with repoussé chased floral decoration inside the bowl; makers' marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louise S. Gilder, 12/14/73
Object Number:
INV.14545
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "EEG" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "S. KIRK & SON" in a rectangle, "10.15" in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
18947
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Server
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1845 - 1860
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 3 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 25.4 x 8.3 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Pierced silver pie server with upturned pointed handle decorated with beaded border and trefoil end; handle engraved with floral script initials "MSD"; spear-shaped blade is engraved across surface with foliate scrolls framing a pheasant; small pierced areas on the blade; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louise S. Gilder, 12/14/73
Object Number:
INV.14539
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "MSD" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "BENEDICT 5 WALL ST" incuse
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
18946
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dessert forks (7)
Classification:
Date:
1829/30
Medium:
Silver, mother-of-pearl
Dimensions:
each overall: 5 7/8 x 3/4 x 1/4 in. ( 14.9 x 1.9 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Seven silver and mother-of-pearl desset forks with four tines and reeded handle sockets fitted with mother-of-pearl handles; makers' marks stamped on the stems.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Sr.; Collection of Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr.
Object Number:
1950.346h-n
Marks:
stamped: on the stem of 1: king's bust in an oval, crown in a rectangle, "f" in a rectangle, lion passant in a chamfered rectangle, "J*R" in an ovoid (fork k)
stamped: on the stem of 6: bust, lion passant and "S&S" in a rectangle (forks h, i, j, l, m, n)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
18944
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.















