Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Silver, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 in. ( 13 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Cast silver souvenir spoon with view of a Hawaiian grass house engraved on inside of gilded oval bowl; handle with palm tree motif on obverse.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Walston S. Brown
Object Number:
1987.9
Marks:
in relief: on reverse: "STERLING S"
engraved: on inside of bowl: "NATIVE GRASS HOUSE HAWAII"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
16591
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sugar tongs
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 14.6 x 6.4 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
silver bow-form sugar tongs with tapered arms with bright-cut borders and ovoid grips with bright cut borders; engraved, "KL" in bright-cut script on the arch; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the arms.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Eugene H. Pool
Object Number:
1944.125h
Marks:
engraved: on the arch: "KL" in bright-cut script
stamped: on the undersides of the arms: "N*COLEMAN" in a rectangle
Gallery Label:
These sugar tongs belonged to Katherine Lawrence, daughter of Martha and John Brown Lawrence and the sister of Captain James Lawrence.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
14994
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teaspoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1750
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 1 x 1/2 in. ( 12.1 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Silver teaspoon with an upturned handle with a midrib on the front and the engraved initials, "M R" in block letters on the underside; elliptical bowl with a rattail drop; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the stem.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Robert G. Goelet
Object Number:
1971.23
Marks:
engraved: on the underside of the handle: "M R" in block letters
stamped: on the underside of the stem: "H I" in a rectangle
Gallery Label:
John Strangeways Hutton reportedly lived to the age of 109, although he seems to have retired from silversmithing in 1747 at the age of sixty-three.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
14883
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teaspoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1740-1750
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 7/8 x 1/2 in. ( 11.7 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
silver teaspoon with an upturned handle with a full midrib on the front and the engraved initials, "CE" in block letters; elliptical bowl with a triple molded drop; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Robert G. Goelet
Object Number:
1971.63
Marks:
engraved: on the underside of the handle: "CE" in block letters
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "BTE" conjoined in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
14868
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bobeche
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Silver plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 3 x 2 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 7.6 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver plated bobeche; oval form with an appied reeded rim and a circular socket.
Object Number:
INV.6359
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
14637
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pie server
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 2 in. ( 26 x 7.9 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Silver pie server with flat, wedge-shaped blade, and slightly upturned oval-end handle with with beaded borders; obverse of blade engraved with geometric and foliate decoration; obverse of handle-end engraved with inscription, "~Mother/~from~/Robert & Georgie" in gothic-style and script characters; underside of handle stem stamped with makers' hallmarks.
"Bead" pattern.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Noel F. Bowers
Object Number:
1984.58
Marks:
engraved: on obverse of handle: "Mother / from / Robert & Georgie."
stamped: on reverse of handle: "J[star]P" (each in circular surround) and "TIFFANY & Co. STERLING"
Gallery Label:
The "bead" pattern was developed by Polhamus for Tiffany & co., though the date of introduction is unknown.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
14248
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sugar bowl
Classification:
Date:
1874
Medium:
Silver, gilt
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 13.3 x 10.8 cm )
Silver Weight: 15 oz (troy) 11 dwt (483 g)
Description:
Spun and cast silver sugar 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; two hinged, cast band handles with die-rolled scroll design attached to the backs of the floral scrolls; 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:
1920.18n
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 sugar 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:
14166
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sugar tongs
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 1 7/8 x 5/8 in. ( 15.9 x 4.8 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
silver scissor-form sugar tongs with plain oval finger holes with tapered arms crossing at a flower-form pivot-hinge and extending to flower form pivot hinges at the ends which attach to two more sets of arms and hinges; hollow shell grips; makers' marks stamped on one of the arms.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Constance Schermerhorn Skillin
Object Number:
1937.208
Marks:
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "TIFFANY & Co/ 149M4983/ STERLING" incuse
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
13770
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Egg spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830-1840
Medium:
Silver, gilt
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 1 x 1 5/8 in. ( 12.1 x 2.5 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
silver egg spoon with a downturned fiddle handlewith a short splayed midrib on the underside and the engraved initials, "EFH" in script; gilt, flared shoulders and pear-shaped bowl; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Herbert D. Halsey
Object Number:
1941.78a
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "EFH" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "ROCKWELL" in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
13670
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Child's knife
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825 - 1865
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 5/8 x 1/2 in. ( 17.1 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
silver child's knife with a threaded handle, cast in two vertical halves, with midribs on each side; handle engraved, "Catherine Ketchum" in script; molded hexagonal handle socket and flat curved blade; maker's marks stamped on the blade.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number:
1937.75
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "Catherine Ketchum" in script
stamped: on the blade (pseudohallmarks): "F" in a chamfered rectangle, lion passant in a rectangle, bust in a chamfered rectangle
Gallery Label:
This child's knife belonged to the donor's grandmother.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
13618
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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