Fish knife

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1835-1845
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in. ( 18.1 x 2.9 x 1 cm )
Description: 
silver fish knife with a threaded handle with shell decoration and an anthemion finial with a beaded band below, cast in vertical halves; handle engraved, "WADP" in script; molded stem and rattail drop on a flat blade with one scalloped side curving to a point at the top; maker's mark stamped on the underside of the blade.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Object Number: 
1911.63
Marks: 
engraved: on the handle: "WADP" in script stamped: on the blade: "Rock{?]" in script in an oval
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1845
eMuseum Object ID: 
3685
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Serving spoon

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1857
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 13 1/8 x 2 5/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 33.3 x 6.7 x 4.8 cm )
Description: 
Silver serving spoon with upturned fiddle handle with scrolled borders, wavy-tip, and engraved initials, "ERF" in script; fluted and barbed scallop shell bowl with a foliate drop at reverse; makers' marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. Goodhue Livingston
Object Number: 
1951.300
Marks: 
engraved: on the handle: "ERF" in script stamped: on the underside of the handle: "J. E. CALDWELL & Co. PURE COIN" incuse
Gallery Label: 
The initials refer to Elizabeth Rhodes Fisher (1828-1878), who married Eugene A. Livingston.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1857
eMuseum Object ID: 
3681
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sauce tureen

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1790
Medium: 
Sheffield plate
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 1/2 x 10 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. ( 16.5 x 27.3 x 13 cm )
Description: 
Wrought Sheffield plate sauce tureen with cover; oval, boat-shaped body with an applied gadrooned band around the rim; on a stepped, oval pedestal base with inscribed rings around the edge; two molded loop handles applied at each end; domed, oval lid with a ball finial on the top; semi-circular cut out at one end to hold a ladle; no maker's marks.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Miss Isabel G. Dod
Object Number: 
1943.162ab
Gallery Label: 
This sauce tureen belonged to Martha Pintard Bayard, the great-grandmother of the donor.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1790
eMuseum Object ID: 
3680
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Coffee biggin on a stand

Classification: 
Date: 
biggin 1804/1805; stand 1868/69
Medium: 
Silver, ivory
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. ( 28.6 x 21 x 13 cm )
Description: 
Wrought silver coffee biggin on a stand; oval body with curved sides tapering in at the base and below the neck; bright-cut foliate garland with bell flower drops around the body and below two oval reserves suspended from wheel turned bow-knots; reserve to the left of the handle engraved, "L B C" in gothic script, and the reserve to the right is engraved with a lion rampant; bright-cut and wheel turned geometric band around the shoulder; vertically applied, convex gadrooned band rim; hinged, oval domed lid, flat at the sides, with a bright-cut and wheel turned geometric band around the edge; dome surmounted by a cast acorn finial; small circular hole punched in the dome besides the finial; applied, cast spout with a heart-shaped lip and foliate engraving on the top and sides; cylindrical handle-sockets with the convex bands around the edges fitted with an ivory scroll handle; oval ring stand with a bright-cut and wheel turned band around the center and four cast pad feet with reeded legs and trapezoid joints with bright-cut motifs; curved stretchers are applied to the back of the feet and attach to an inner oval ring which holds the burner; seamed oval burner with a wrought oval domed lid; reeded band applied around the rim; dome surmounted by an inverted oval finial with a hole in the center for the wick; maker's marks on the base of the coffeepot, and the sides of the burner and stand.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number: 
1939.153a-c
Marks: 
engraved: reserve to the left of the handle: "L B C" in gothic script stamped: base of the coffee biggin: "I * E" in roman letters in a rectangle surrounded by a lion passant in a chamfer rectangle, a crowned leopard's head in a shield, the king's bust i
Gallery Label: 
This coffee biggin descended to the donor through the Corse family.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1869
eMuseum Object ID: 
3678
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tablespoons (3)

Classification: 
Date: 
1804/05
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
each overall: 8 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 in. ( 21.3 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm )
Description: 
Three silver tablespoons with downturned oval handles with short midribs and the engraved initials, "RLL" in script; pointed oval bowls with broad tipped drops; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Object Number: 
INV.14091a-c
Marks: 
stamped: on the underside of the handles: "SH" in a chamfered rectangle, lion passant, leopard's head, "I" in a cartouche and a king's bust engraved: on the handles: "RLL" in script
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1805
eMuseum Object ID: 
3512
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Salts (4)

Classification: 
Date: 
1783/84
Medium: 
Silver, glass
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 5/8 × 3 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (6.7 × 9.5 × 6.4 cm)
Description: 
One of four cast and wrought silver salts with blue glass liners; boat-shaped bodies on oval, stepped pedestals with an applied band of beading around the edge; beaded band applied around the rim; two bands of geometric pierced work around each body and an oval pierced urn on the front center of each; foliate swag engraving between the pierced bands on each; maker's marks stamped on the bases.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Louise S. Gilder, 12/14/73
Object Number: 
INV.14527a
Marks: 
stamped: on the bases: lion passant in a rectangle, crowned leopard's head in a shield, "h" in a chamfered rectangle, "H B" in script in a rectangle
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1784
eMuseum Object ID: 
3429
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pin tray

Classification: 
Date: 
1683
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5/8 x 6 x 5 1/4 in. ( 1.6 x 15.2 x 13.3 cm ) Silver Weight: 2 oz (troy) 4 dwt (69 g)
Description: 
Wrought silver pin tray; shamrock shaped with four oval depressions around a raised oval in the center engraved, "C D P" in foliate script; between each oval is a raised heart; four cast scroll legs applied beneath the ovals; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Catharine Augusta de Peyster
Object Number: 
1911.48
Marks: 
engraved: in the center: "C D P" in foliate bright-cut script Maker's mark "IR" in rectangle; the Dutch lion (crowned lion rampant); Amsterdam city mark (three crosses in a shield crowned); and date letter "W" for 1683 all struck on underside.
Gallery Label: 
Made to hold the straight pins that were essential to fastening a woman's dress in the seventeenth century, this tray is a type found in large, elaborate toilet sets used by aristocratic women beginning in the seventeenth century. It is unclear whether the tray once belonged to a set or was purchased as a stand-alone item. Made from extremely thin-gauge silver using basic techniques, the tray would not have represented a large investment of either silver or labor. Its design and construction, however, are careful and deliberate. The engraved initials link the tray to Catharina De Peyster (1665-before 1734) and the raised hearts suggest that it may have been purchased as a wedding gift for her 1683 marriage.
Provenance: 
Catharina De Peyster (1665-before 1734), who married Abraham De Peyster (1657-1728); to their son Abraham De Peyster, Jr. (1696-1767), who married Margaretta Van Cortlandt (1694-1769); to their son James A. De Peyster (1726-1799), who married Sarah Reade (1724-1802); to their son Colonel Abraham De Peyster (1753-1799), who married Catharine Augusta Livingston (1759-1839); to their son William Axtell De Peyster (1793-1856), who married Mary Beekman (1800-1885); to their daughter, Catharine Augusta De Peyster (1835-1911), the donor.
Bibliography: 
Krohn, Deborah, Peter Miller, and Marybeth De Filippis, eds., "Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta van Varick." New York: Bard Graduate Center, New-York Historical Society, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009, p. 232-3
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1683
eMuseum Object ID: 
3422
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Souvenir butter chip

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1917
Medium: 
Silver plate
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 0.6 x 7 cm )
Description: 
Cast silver plated souvenir butter chip from the Associated Veterans of the Delamater Iron Works Banquet; small round dish with a woman in a farmyard in relief in the center; raised feathered sides; applied, scalloped rim with a scroll and foliate design; engraved on the base, "ASSOCIATED VETERANS/ OF THE/ DELAMATER IRON WORKS/ FEB. 15. 1917/ 19TH ANNUAL BANQUET/ WALDORF ASTORIA" in roman letters; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Elizabeth Rutledge Bacon
Object Number: 
1984.141
Marks: 
engraved: on the base: "ASSOCIATED VETRANS/ OF THE/ DELMATER IRON WORKS/ FEB. 15. 1917/ 19TH ANNUAL BANQUET/ WALDORF ASTORIA" in roman letters stamped: on the base: "CROSS/ LONDON"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1917
eMuseum Object ID: 
3418
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Miniature caster

Classification: 
Date: 
1886/87
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm )
Description: 
Seamed miniature silver caster; cylindrical body with an applied circular footring and midband; pierced domed lid; applied s-curve handle; makers' marks on the base.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number: 
1939.135
Marks: 
stamped: on the base: "CS * FS" in a rectangle, in roman letters above a lion passant in a chamfered rectangle, three wheat sheafs in a shield, and a roman "C" in a chamfered rectangle
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1887
eMuseum Object ID: 
3362
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tablespoons (3)

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1815
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
each overall: 8 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 21 x 4.1 x 2.9 cm )
Description: 
Three silver tablespoons with downturned pointed handles with faint midribs on the undersides; handles engraved, "AB" in script; pointed oval bowls with inscribed, slashed arch drops; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder
Object Number: 
INV.14300a-c
Marks: 
engraved: on the undersides of the handles: "AB" in script stamped: on the undersides of the stems: "A L" between two hallmarks
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1815
eMuseum Object ID: 
3310
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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