Dessert spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Silver, inlaid mixed metals
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 7/8 in. ( 18.4 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Silver dessert spoon with inlaid mixed metals in the Japanese style (Lap Over Edge pattern); downturned hammered handle with inlaid branch and flower design; egg-shaped bowl; maker's mark stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Robert G. Goelet
Object Number:
1982.61
Marks:
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "M TIFFANY & CO STERLING 356"
Gallery Label:
This is a rare handmade example of Tiffany's "Lap Over Edge" pattern, using inlaid rather than applied decoration. The spoon was probably originally paired with a fork as part of a dessert set. For a similar set, see William P. Hood, Jr., "Tiffany Silver Flatware, 1845-1905" (1999), fig. 342.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
3966
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Saltcellar
Classification:
Date:
1903-1907
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver saltcellar; oval, boat-shaped body with floral and fern repoussé chasing around the sides; applied, flared and gadrooned rims; four cast shell feet with c-curve legs and shell knees; engraved on the base, "C. A. B. from A. I. B." in script; makers' marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Permanent Loan from the Beekman Family Association
Object Number:
1950.94c
Gallery Label:
This saltcellar belonged to Cornelia Augusta Beekman (d. 1917).
Date Begin:
1903
Date End:
1907
eMuseum Object ID:
3901
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Underplate
Classification:
Date:
1884
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 7 in. ( 1.6 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver underplate; flat, circular dish with a raised edge; applied, scalloped and waved rim with repoussé chased flowers; engraved in the center, "H. MacM. R." in script; maker's marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Harriet MacMartin Richards
Object Number:
1942.280b
Date Begin:
1884
Date End:
1884
eMuseum Object ID:
3897
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teapot
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1865
Medium:
Silver, ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 6 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. ( 12.7 x 17.1 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver tête-à-tête teapot; globular body set in a beaded ring stand which is applied to s-curves which attach to the four legs; four straight legs with ball and claw feet are joined to the center of the body by four chased lions' heads in ovals; hinged, inset dome lid with a ball finial; lid engraved bell flower and swag bands and the initials, "J. W. de P." in gothic script above the spout; short s-curve spout, cast in vertical halves; acanthus decorated handle sockets fitted with ivory insulator and a silver loop handle with acanthus thumbpiece and reeding; body engraved with four cartouches, with lion head joints in the center, and five pointed stars between; maker's marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Estelle de Peyster Hosmer
Object Number:
1945.136
Gallery Label:
Given by General John Watts de Peyster (1821-1907), whose initials it bears, to his sister-in-law Mrs. Louis Livingston.
Date Begin:
1865
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
3894
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Saltcellar
Classification:
Date:
1903-1907
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 3 1/2 x 2 7/8 in. ( 5.1 x 8.9 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver saltcellar; oval, boat-shaped body with floral and fern repoussé chasing around the sides; applied, flared and gadrooned rims; four cast shell feet with c-curve legs and shell knees; engraved on the base, "C. A. B. from A. I. B." in script; makers' marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Permanent Loan from the Beekman Family Association
Object Number:
1950.94a
Gallery Label:
This saltcellar belonged to Cornelia Augusta Beekman (d. 1917).
Date Begin:
1903
Date End:
1907
eMuseum Object ID:
3892
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Card tray
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. ( 1.9 x 20 cm )
Description:
Wrought and cast silver tray; flat, rectangular dish with stepped sides and an applied, cast acanthus band around the rim; four cast shell and foliate scroll feet applied to the base; flowers and ferns engraved all over the dish; bright-cut "G" engraved in a scrolled cartouche the center of the dish; makers' marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mary MacKaye Greenwood
Object Number:
1969.14
Provenance:
Trays belonged to Greenwood family.
Date Begin:
1840
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
3891
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mug
Classification:
Date:
1855
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. ( 11.1 x 7 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Seamed silver mug; cylindrical body with molded rings around the base; die-rolled bell flower bands applied around the rim and the foot; cast; s-scroll handle; three repoussé chased cartouches on the center of the body, central scrolled four leaf clover engraved, "J De F W/ from Auntie./ Jan. 28, 1855" in script with two scrolled circle cartouches on either side engraved with flowers; maker's mark on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton De Groot
Object Number:
1941.1003
Gallery Label:
The initials engraved on this mug belong to Jeanette de Forest Windle, who was presented the vessel by her aunt in 1855.
Date Begin:
1855
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
3889
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Napkin ring
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 1.6 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Cast and seamed napkin ring; concave ring with a raised band around the center; engraved, "Beals 12" in script; no maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Gift of De Witt C. Judson
Object Number:
1939.192
Date Begin:
1850
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
3887
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teaspoons (4)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 6 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1 in. ( 15.9 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Four silver teaspoon with a downturned coffin handle engraved, "CL" in foliate script; pointed oval bowl with a tapered drop; maker's mark stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry F. von Drehle
Object Number:
1947.137a-d
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "CL" in foliate script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "WG Forbes" in script in a rectangle
Gallery Label:
These teaspoons belonged to Charles Loss (1765-1822), the great-grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
3847
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Match case
Classification:
Date:
1850-1950
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 3/8 in. ( 6.4 x 3.5 x 1 cm )
Description:
Seamed silver match case; oval body seamed around the sides; hinged cover with a plain, applied band around the edge; body engraved, "S W M" in script; bottom engraved with vertical lines, to be used as a strike plate; no maker's mark.
Object Number:
Z.2371
Marks:
engraved: center: "S W M" in script
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
3845
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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