Sugar spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850-1870
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 10.5 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Silver sugar spoon with shovel bowl, fiddle handle with threading and engraved initial, and pointed shoulder; stamped maker's mark on reverse.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. George T. Linsley
Object Number:
1939.385
Marks:
engraved: on obverse of handle: "C"
stamped: on reverse of handle: "HAMMOND & Co"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
5172
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silver plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. ( 20 x 10.8 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Cast silver plate vase; amphora-shaped body with a cylindrical neck, flared lip, and applied beaded rim; center of the body is engraved with a Greek key band and an oval cartouche surrounded by scrolls in the center; two cast loop handles with trefoil bottoms; seted on a high narrow pedestal with a bead band around the base; applied stepped and molded foot with a beaded band around the top of the footring; no maker's marks.
Object Number:
INV.14054
Marks:
stamped: on the base: "14"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
5170
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teaspoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 in. ( 14.3 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
silver teaspoon with a downturned fiddle handle with a short midrib on the underside and the engraved initials, "PR" in script on the front; pointed oval bowl with a broad drop; maker's mark stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Misses Mary L. and Ellen D. Constant
Object Number:
1943.356
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "PR"
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "T & H" in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
5169
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teaspoon
Classification:
Date:
1838-1848
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/8 in. ( 15.2 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
silver teaspoon with an upturned fiddle handle with a short, splayed midrib on the front and the engraved initial, "Y" in gothic script on the underside; flared shoulders and a pointed oval bowl with a broad drop; makers' marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Misses Mary L. & Ellen D. Constant
Object Number:
1943.359
Marks:
engraved: on the underside of the handle: "Y" in gothic script
stamped: on theunderside of the handle: "BENNETT & CALDWELL" in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1848
eMuseum Object ID:
5168
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teaspoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in. ( 14.9 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
silver teaspoon with a downturned fiddle handle with shell decoration and the engraved initials, "CMC" 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 Mrs. George T. Linsley
Object Number:
1939.383
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "CMC" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "F.M." in a rectangle, lion passant, bust in an oval, "C" in oval
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
5167
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sugar tongs
Classification:
Date:
1791/92
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 3/4 in. ( 15.9 x 5.7 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
silver bow-form sugar tongs with tapered arms and hollow ovoid grips; bright-cut reserve on the arch engraved, "LB" in bright-cut script; no maker's mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Elizabeth B. Knight
Object Number:
1940.348e
Marks:
engraved: on the arch: "LB" in bright-cut script
Gallery Label:
These sugar tongs belonged to Major Leonard Bleeker (1755-1844) and his wife Johanna Abeel (1764-1810), who married in 1783.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1792
eMuseum Object ID:
5156
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Toddy ladle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Silver plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 2 5/8 x 2 in. ( 17.8 x 6.7 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Silver plate toddy ladle with oval bowl; oval handle with upturned end, threading on obverse and reverse, and engraved initial on obverse; stamped maker's mark on reverse.
Credit Line:
Gift of Fred K. McDaniel in memory of his mother
Object Number:
1942.446
Marks:
engraved: on obverse: "R"
stamped: on reverse: "HALL & ELTON"
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this ladle once belonged to Commodore William Reynolds. The donor's mother was Reynolds' niece and adopted daughter.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
5154
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1912
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 7/8 x 3/8 in. ( 9.2 x 2.2 x 1 cm )
Description:
Silver salt spoon with roughly circular gilt bowl, triangular handle, and modeled drop; stamped maker's mark on reverse. "Queen Anne" or "Faneuil" pattern.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Harriet MacMartin Richards
Object Number:
1942.287
Marks:
stamped: on reverse: "TIFFANY & CO. STERLING M" (in rectangle)
Gallery Label:
The "Queen Anne" pattern was introduced by Tiffany in 1875-1876, and has an unknown designer. Because the design is not original it does not have a patent. It was inactive by 1904, and reactivated in 1907. In 1910 it was modified and reintroduced as the "Faneuil" pattern and is still active today.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1912
eMuseum Object ID:
5153
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt spoon
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 7/8 x 5/8 x 1/4 in. ( 7.3 x 1.6 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Silver salt spoon with oval bowl with shell pattern; handle decoration composed of four graduated squares with beaded inner edges; engraved initials and stamped maker's mark on reverse of handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Harriet MacMartin Richards
Object Number:
1942.288
Marks:
engraved: on reverse of handle: "H McM"
stamped: on reverse of handle: "TIFFANY & Co STERL . . ."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
5152
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sauce ladle (Mothers)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1875
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 13.3 x 2.9 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
silver sauce ladle in the "Mothers" pattern with a downturned pointed handle and a gilt, pear-shaped bowl; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Pattern first issued in 1875.
Credit Line:
Gift of Harriet MacMartin Richards
Object Number:
1942.275
Marks:
stamped: on the underside of the handle: lion passant, anchor, gothic "G" and "STERLING" incuse
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
5147
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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