Tablespoon
Classification:
Date:
1750-1850
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 3/4 in. ( 19 x 4.1 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
chased silver tablespoon with a decorative handle with a foliate scroll and reeded stem with beaded band and a cartouche with a castle and a lion rampant in rectangles below a diamond with a male bust finial; finial engraved on the underside: "V/ Ca nolu" in roman letters; pear shaped bowl with a foliate scroll and bead drop.
Credit Line:
Gift of Townsend Lawrence
Object Number:
INV.14191
Marks:
engraved: on the underside of the finial: "V/ Ca nolu" in roman letters
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
4996
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Classification:
Date:
1873/74
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 18.4 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Cast silver goblet; urn shaped body on a circular, trumpet pedestal foot with beaded rings applied to the center of the stem and around the foot; engraved on the front center, "Robert Townsend Lawrence/ FROM HIS GODFATHER/ Lowry Mann/ October, 1871." in gothic script and roman letters; makers' marks stamped to the left of the engraving and engraved on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Townsend Lawrence
Object Number:
INV.14166
Marks:
engraved: front center: "Robert Townsend Lawrence/ FROM HIS GODFATHER/ Lowry Mann/ October, 1871." in gothic script and roman letters
engraved: on the base: "ELKINGTON & Co --- LIVERPOOL" in roman letters
stamped: left of the engraving: "F E" in conjoi
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1874
eMuseum Object ID:
4995
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Beaker
Classification:
Date:
1762
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. ( 8.3 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver beaker; circular body tapering from the wide, flared lip to the applied, circular footring; applied, meander-wire bands above the foot and below the rim; wheel turned foliate cartouches around the body; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Townsend Lawrence
Object Number:
INV.14168
Marks:
Maker's Mark: stamped on the base: "D" roman, three crowns in an ellipse, "P/ CT" in a shamrock, and a castle in a shield surround.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1762
eMuseum Object ID:
4994
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish ring
Classification:
Date:
1907-1947
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. ( 11.1 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Cast silver dish ring; tall, cylindrical ring with openwork, lattice sides and a diamond shaped reserve in the center; resting on four hollow cast ball feet; two plain, cast strap handles applied to opposite sides of the rim; makers' marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Townsend Lawrence
Object Number:
INV.14161
Marks:
stamped: on the base: "TIFFANY & Co. 17194 MAKERS 5873 STERLING SILVER 925-1000 M"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1947
eMuseum Object ID:
4992
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Nutmeg grater
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Silver, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 1 3/8 x 3/4 in. ( 7 x 3.5 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Seamed silver nutmeg grater; urn-shaped body with hour-glass pedestal and rectangular base with hinge in the center; hinged, oval domed lid with knob finial and draw-molded bezel; when lid is in open position, body divides into vertical halves; at interior, semi-circular applied band holds curved metal grating plate in place; front of body engraved with the Pintard family crest, three roses intertwined on fess, above initials, "J P" in script; no maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1948.75
Marks:
engraved at center-front: Pintard family crest of three roses intertwined on fess above the initials, "J P" in script
Gallery Label:
This nutmeg grater belonged to merchant, philanthropist, and Historical Society founder, John Pintard (1759-1844). Pintard was born into a Huguenot family active in the shipping trade. After the Revolution, Pintard specialized in trade with Madeira, the East Indies, and China. As an East India merchant who imported wines, spices, and other exotic foods, Pintard probably had ready access to supplies of nutmeg from Indonesia. Pintard's urn-shaped nutmeg grater has no hallmarks, but closely resembles early nineteenth-century Neoclassical examples made in England and in China for the export market.
Provenance:
John Pintard (1759-1844), who married Elizabeth Brasher (1765-1838); to their daughter Eliza Noel Pintard Davidson (1787-1833), who married Richard Davidson (1783-1839); to their daughter Louise Pintard Davidson (1814-1889), who married Richard Bedon Screven (1808-1851); to her daughter Julia Screven Cushman Meredith (1843-1914), who married (1st) Charles Willard Cushman (ca. 1840-1864); to their daughter Ellen Louise Screven Cushman (1861-1949). Purchased in 1948 from Ellen Louise Cushman.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
4990
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1895
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 7/8 x 5/8 in. ( 11.4 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Silver souvenir spoon with relief inscription on inside of pointed oval bowl; obverse of handle with columnar monument and "LOUISBOURG" in relief; stamped maker's(?) mark on reverse.
Credit Line:
Gift of Howland Pell, 1904
Object Number:
INV.14021
Marks:
in relief: on inside of bowl: "TO / COMMEMORATE / THE CAPTURE / OF LOUISBOURG / A.D. 1745 / ERECTED / BY THE SOCIETY / OF / COLONIAL / WARS / A.D. 1895"
stamped: on reverse: "J. CORNELIUS STERLING"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
4983
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teaspoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 1 1/8 x 5/8 in. ( 14.9 x 2.9 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
silver teaspoon with a downturned fiddle handle with a short splayed midrib on the underside and the engraved initials, "EC" in script on the front; flared shoulders and a pointed oval bowl with an inscribed broad drop; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Robert G. Goelet
Object Number:
1971.99
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "EC" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "JOHN A. COLE" in cuse, bust, lion passant and "C" in rectangles
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
4981
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teaspoon(s), qty. 69
Classification:
Date:
1855
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (14.9 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm)
Silver Weight: 19.9 dwt (31 g)
Description:
One of Sixty-nine (69) silver teaspoons with upturned wavy-end handles with foliate decoration; pointed oval 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:
1936.108
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: "Wm. GALE & SON" 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:
4980
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fruit knives (12)
Classification:
Date:
1842-1843
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 8 3/4 x 7/8 x 5/8 in. ( 22.2 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Twelve wrought silver fruit knives with a repoussé chased grape vine pattern all over the trifid end handles; molded hanlde sockets and flat, curved blades with th Lenox family crest, crowned lion passant, engraved above the handle sockets; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the blades.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Sr.; Collection of Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr.
Object Number:
1950.354a-l
Marks:
stamped: on the undersides of the blades: unreadable maker's marks besides the queen's head in an oval, gothic "G" in a chamfered rectangle, lion passant and a crowned leopard's head in a shield
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1843
eMuseum Object ID:
4972
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tablespoons (12)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830-1850
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 9 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 23.2 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Twelve silver tablespoons with downturned fiddle handles engraved, "ARW" in foliate script; pointed shoulders and pointed oval bowls with inscribed broad drops; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder
Object Number:
INV.14525a-l
Marks:
engraved: on the handles: "ARW" in foliate script
stamped: on the undersides of the handles: "G W. WEBB" in a rectangle, "10.15" in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
4971
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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