Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1909
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 1 1/8 x 7/8 in. ( 13.7 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Cast silver souvenir spoon with engraved view of the Hudson River with steamboats and inscriptions on inside of oval bowl; handle with scrolled edges and floral decoration.
Object Number:
INV.474
Marks:
engraved: on inside of bowl: "HUDSON RIVER / 1609 N.Y. 1809 / 1909"
in relief: on reverse of shoulder: "PAT. 1907 / R'D 1907 / [lion between circular figures] STERLING"
stamped: on reverse of handle: "M"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1909
eMuseum Object ID:
4388
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Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Silver, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 1 x 5/8 in. ( 13.3 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Cast silver souvenir spoon with gilding; view of High School at Middletown, New York, engraved on inside of oval bowl; handle with molded plant motif; maker's mark on reverse.
Object Number:
INV.476
Marks:
engraved: on inside of bowl: "HIGH SCHOOL, / MIDDLETOWN, N.Y."
in relief: on reverse: "P[inside heart]&[inside heart]B[inside heart] STERLING"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
4387
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Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Silver, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 1 1/8 x 7/8 in. ( 12.7 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Cast silver souvenir spoon with engraved inscription on inside of gilded bowl; handle with fruit and flower motifs; maker's mark on reverse.
Object Number:
INV.478
Marks:
engraved: inside bowl: "JEFFERSONVILLE, N.Y."
in relief: on reverse: "P[inside heart]&[inside heart]B[inside heart] STERLING"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
4386
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Loving cup
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1897
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 9 in. ( 22.2 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Cast and wrought silver loving cup; urn-shaped body with an applied, molded midband and an applied egg and dart rim; body seated on a circular splayed foot with an egg and dart footring and body joint; body engraved, between the handles, "Hugh J. Grant./ 1858/ Sept. 10th../ 1897./ Connell/ Brady/ Olcott/ Bailey" in script; three cast double-scroll handles with feathered sides and double-oval body joints; scalloped band applied around the interior of the rim; gilt interior; makers' marks stamped on the base.
Object Number:
INV.14887
Marks:
engraved: between the handles: "Hugh J. Grant./ 1858/ Sept. 10th../ 1897./ Connell/ Brady/ Olcott/ Bailey" in script
stamped: on the base: "TIFFANY & Co/ 10641 MAKERS 8707/ STERLING SILVER/ 925-1000/ T"
Gallery Label:
Hugh J. Grant (1852-1910), a Tammany Hall politician, served as mayor of New York City, from 1889 to 1892. In 1885, he was elected sheriff in Tammany's sweep of county offices. By 1897, he was completely out of politics.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1897
eMuseum Object ID:
4343
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Cigarette and match cases
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1932
Medium:
Platinum
Dimensions:
Case (cigarette case): 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 1/4 in. (12.1 x 8.9 x 0.6 cm)
Case (match case): 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 3/8 in. (6 x 4.
Description:
Platinum cigarette and match cases; cast, flat, rectangular cigarette case with a triangular, spring loaded button at the top to open and a hinge across the opposite end; recessed rectangles in each side of the interior; spring-loaded geometric arm attached to the hinge, to hold cigarettes in place, across one side of the body; opposite side engraved with the Von Kienbusch family arms, shield with a vert fess across the center between nine pierced mullets, two in chief and four over three in base, shield surmounted by an armor helmet and a man in Colonial dress with a gun in bend behind, shield surrounded by foliate scrolls; makers' marks stamped on the button; rectangular match case with a rounded base; hinge divides the base in half; spring-loaded oval button in the top center opens the case; interior center engraved with the Von Kienbusch family arms; makers' marks stamped on the button mechanism.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Robert Hershey
Object Number:
1975.34ab
Marks:
engraved: center of the interiors: the Von Kienbusch family arms, shield with a vert fess across the center between nine pierced mullets, two in chief and four over three in base, shield surmounted by an armor helmet and a man in Colonial dress with a gun
Gallery Label:
Platinum jewelry and men's accessories gained favor around 1890 and reached a height of popularity during the 1920s and 1930s. This sleek cigarette and matchbook case set, which reflects the influence of American modernist design, was presented to Carl Otto von Kienbusch by his wife, Mildred Clarke Pressinger. The gift may have marked the couple's twentieth anniversary in 1932, as platinum is the time-honored material for this celebration. Smoking accessories were popular presents for men during the 1920s and 1930s, when cigarette smoking signaled sophistication and glamour, and the adverse health effects of tobacco were still largely unknown. Mrs. Kienbusch's gift of a cigarette case was also a fitting choice for her husband, a tobacco merchant whose family made its fortune in the tobacco leaf business. Perhaps to underscore the association, Mrs. Kienbusch had the family coat of arms engraved inside the lids of both cases.
Provenance:
Presented by Mrs. Carl Otto von Kienbusch (Mildred Clarke Pressinger, 1887-1968) to Carl Otto von Kienbusch (1884-1976); to Robert D. Hershey (1909-1993), the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1932
eMuseum Object ID:
4340
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 10.2 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
silver souvenir spoon with fluted bowl (with wavy lines) with engraved inscription inside; narrow handle terminating in flared finial with ribbed design; stamped maker's mark on reverse.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Thomas O. Mabbott
Object Number:
1949.217
Marks:
engraved: inside bowl: "West Point"
stamped: on reverse: "STERL . . .", "[lion][anchor]G", and "16"
Gallery Label:
In the 1890s and early years of the twentieth century thousands of souvenir spoons were made by dozens of United States manufacturers. Gorham, the largest manufacturer of sterling flatwares in the U.S. at the turn of the century, dominated the souvenir spoon market almost from the beginning. (See Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., "Gorham Silver, 1831-1981," pp. 180-199.)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
4339
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sugar bowl with lid
Classification:
Date:
1896
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 7 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. ( 11.4 x 20 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Cast silver sugar bowl with lid in the Georgian melon pattern; round, squat body with chased lobes decorated with a foliate scroll design; on four cast legs attached to the body with trefoils dropping into paw feet; convex shoulder flared to a scalloped rim with applied cast gadrooning; two simple, seamed scrolled silver handles attached at the body and rim; cast lid with a raised mushroom dome and chased, scrolled foliate design; lobed knob finial; gilt interior; engraved, "A T M" in script on the center front, and "November 10th 1897" in script on the base; makers' marks on base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Townsend M. McAlpin
Object Number:
1974.27fg
Marks:
engraved: center front of bowl: "A T M" in script
engraved: on base of bowl: "November 10th 1897" in script
Mark: stamped along bottom around periphery four times incuse: "HOWARD & CO."/ "NEW YORK"/"STERLING" / "1896"
Mark: stamped underside of front
Gallery Label:
This sugar bowl with lid was a wedding gift to the donor's parents, Alice Townsend Martin, whose initials are engraved on the service, and Benjamin Brandreth McAlpin, on November 10, 1897.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
4338
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Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Silver plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 1 1/4 x 1 in. ( 14.9 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Silver plate souvenir spoon with plain oval bowl and handle with eagle, coat of arms of the state of New York, state flower(?), and inscriptions in relief; maker's mark on reverse.
Object Number:
INV.463
Marks:
in relief: on obverse of handle: "IN GOD WE TRUST", "EXCELSIOR", "NEW YORK"
in relief: on reverse of handle: "PAT. APLD. FOR" and "1881(R) ROGERS (R) A1"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
4337
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Creamer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1819 - 1828
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 6 x 3 1/8 in. ( 17.1 x 15.2 x 7.9 cm )
Silver Weight: 10 oz (troy) 14 dwt (332 g)
Description:
Wrought silver creamer; oval boat-shaped body with gadrooning around the lower body; seated on an oval, stepped and molded pedestal with a band of gadrooning and a vertically applied, stamped foliate band; pedestal on four hollow cast ball feet; lower body flared to a stamped, vertically applied pastoral landscape band, below a convex shoulder; shoulder raised to a wide, extended pouring lip, low at the sides with a foliate stamped band vertically applied around the rim; cast, squared strap handle; engraved on the shoulder, body and foot in the memory of, "Samuel Jones"; maker's mark on the base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Maria Duane Bleecker Cox
Object Number:
1916.9c
Marks:
Inscription: both pieces engraved on shoulder, body and foot: "In memory of Samuel Jones/ Born 26 July 1734 Died 21 November 1819/ Recorder of the City of New York 1789-1797/ First Comptroller of the State of New York/ 15 March 1797 - 12 March 1800/ Bequ
Gallery Label:
This creamer belonged to the Honorable Samuel Jones (1734-1819), the first Comptroller of the state of New York (1797-1800).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1828
eMuseum Object ID:
4334
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Waste bowl
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1835
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. ( 14.3 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver wastebowl; circular body with wide gadroons around the lower body; seated on a round splayed foot with a vertically applied, die-rolled foliate footring; concave shoulder with a vertically applied, die-rolled foliate rim; engraved, "A F M" on the front center in script; maker's mark on the base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Miss Anita Barnard Frisch
Object Number:
1977.48
Marks:
engraved: front center: "A F M" in script
stamped: on base: "S. P. SQUIRE" in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
4331
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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