Tablespoon

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1825
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 9 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. ( 22.9 x 4.4 x 3.5 cm )
Description: 
silver tablespoon with a downturned fiddle handle with basket decoration and the engraving, "N. M. Bangs" in script; flared shoulders and a pointed oval bowl with shell decoration; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle
Credit Line: 
Gift of Miss Mary W. Bangs
Object Number: 
1968.41a
Marks: 
engraved: on the handle: "N M Bangs." in script stamped: on the underside of the handle: "WM SMITH" in a serrated rectangle
Gallery Label: 
The initials on the spoon may belong to Reverend Nathan Bangs.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1825
eMuseum Object ID: 
12287
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Table forks (2)

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1910
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
each overall: 8 5/8 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 21.9 x 2.9 x 3.2 cm )
Description: 
Pair of silver table forks with upturned fiddle thread handles; Beekman family crest, wings addorsed on fess over an armor helmet, engraved on the upsides of the handles; "CAB" in foliate script engraved on the undersides of the handles; flared shoulders and four curved tines; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the stems.
Credit Line: 
Permanent Loan of the Beekman Family Association
Object Number: 
1950.115ab
Marks: 
engraved: on the underside of the handles: "CAB" in foliate script stamped: on the undersides of the stems: "S" in a circle with wings, "STERLING," "THEODORE B. STARR"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
12286
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Teaspoon

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1730 - 1740
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 5/8 x 7/8 x 3/8 in. ( 11.7 x 2.2 x 1 cm )
Description: 
silver teaspoon with an upturned oval handle with a short midrib on the front and the engraved initials, "R L" in block letters; elliptical bowl with rat-tail drop; maker's mark stamped on the underside of the stem.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dr. John E. Stillwell
Object Number: 
1929.125
Marks: 
engraved: on the underside of the handle: "RL" in block letters stamped: on the underside of the stem: "CR" in a circle
Gallery Label: 
This spoon belonged to Rachel Lippit (b. 1690) of Middletown, New Jersey. She married Eden Burrows in 1733.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1740
eMuseum Object ID: 
12198
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sugar tongs

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1835 - 1850
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 1 in. ( 15.6 x 7 x 2.5 cm )
Description: 
silver bow-form sugar tongs with threaded, fiddle arms, flared shoulders and hollow shell-form grips; arch engraved, "LS" in script; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the arms.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Constance Schermerhorn Skillin
Object Number: 
1937.209
Marks: 
engraved: on the arch: "LS" in script stamped: on the undersides of the arms: twice, "G. BOYCE" in a rectangle
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
12148
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hot dish cover

Classification: 
Date: 
1855
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 9 x 13 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 35.2 x 26.7 cm )
Description: 
Wrought and cast silver presentation hot dish cover for small meats; oval cover with a raised domed center, molded rim, and repoussé chased foliate and scroll cartouches around the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head, on one side and the inscription, "Presented to Commodore/ Matthew Calbraith Perry/ by the Chamber of Commerce and/ Merchants of New York" in script on the other side; cast laurel wreath loop handle with a feathered scroll joint screwed through the center of the dome; makers' marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Honorable Perry Belmont
Object Number: 
1936.17
Marks: 
engraved: in the front center cartouche: "Presented to Commodore/ Matthew Calbraith Perry/ by the Chamber of Commerce and/ Merchants of New York" in script stamped: on the underside of the dome: "WM GALE & SON/ NEW YORK" over "W/G/&/S" in an oval over, "
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: 
12091
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Buttons (10)

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1815
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
each overall: 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 1 x 2.9 cm )
Description: 
Ten circular silver buttons engraved with floral and geometric designs; cast circular loop applied to the underside; maker's marks stamped on the underside.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Wilmot T. Cox
Object Number: 
1942.395a-j
Marks: 
stamped: on the underside of each: "DH" in an oval and unidentified crown and [?] pseudohallmark
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1815
eMuseum Object ID: 
12084
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Toasting fork

Classification: 
Date: 
1750-1800
Medium: 
Silver, ebony
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 1/4 x 2 x 3/4 in. ( 18.4 x 5.1 x 1.9 cm )
Description: 
Silver and ebony toasting fork with three tapered tines, a molded baluster stem and a conical handle socket with molded ring on the end; socket fitted with a partial turned wooden handle.
Credit Line: 
Gift of M. F. Savage
Object Number: 
1926.75
Marks: 
stamped on the base of the tines: "W F" in a rectangle
Gallery Label: 
Although the handle has been identified as made of ebony, the donor claimed that the handle remnant was made of bog oak from the swamp north of Collect Pond in lower Manhattan. The fork was originally attributed to John Moulinar of New York City, but the mark cannot be linked to him. The "W F" mark has not been identified.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1800
eMuseum Object ID: 
12060
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Dessert knives (12)

Classification: 
Date: 
1825-1846
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
each overall: 7 5/8 x 7/8 x 3/8 in. ( 19.4 x 2.2 x 1 cm )
Description: 
Twelve silver dessert knives with hollow, vertically cast, oval thread handles with shell and foliate scroll decoration; molded handle sockets; flat rounded blades engraved, "MGH" in script; makers' marks stamped on the blades.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder
Object Number: 
INV.14523a-l
Marks: 
engraved: on the blades: "MGH" in script stamped: on the blades: "R & W. W." in a rectangle in roman letters
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1846
eMuseum Object ID: 
11899
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Teapot

Classification: 
Date: 
ca 1909
Medium: 
Silver plate
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 1/8 x 6 x 3 1/4 in. ( 7.9 x 15.2 x 8.3 cm )
Description: 
Cast silver plated teapot; cylindrical body tapers toward the plain applied rim; center of the body engraved "H.N.C." in block letters; notched s-curve spout; loop handle with wooden insulators; lid missing; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line: 
Purchase
Object Number: 
1941.843
Marks: 
engraved: on the center of the body; "H.N.C." in block letters engraved: on the base: "[?]/ New York" in script stamped: on the base: "800/ 8 OZ"
Gallery Label: 
This teapot was used on the Steamboat "Rensselaer."
Provenance: 
The George W. Murdock Collection of Steamboat Artifacts
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1909
eMuseum Object ID: 
11816
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Egg cup

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1852
Medium: 
Silver plate
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. ( 5.7 x 6.4 x 5.4 cm )
Description: 
Cast silver plate egg cup with a pierced, urn-shaped cup on a pierced and beaded pedestal foot; beaded band around the rim; c-scroll spoon rest applied to one side of the rim.
Credit Line: 
Purchase
Object Number: 
1941.811
Gallery Label: 
This egg cup was from the Steamship "Henry Clay."
Provenance: 
The George W. Murdock Collection of Steamboat Artifacts
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1852
eMuseum Object ID: 
11686
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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