Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Silver, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 1 3/8 x 1/4 in. ( 13 x 3.5 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Cast silver souvenir spoon with view of Napoleon's tomb in polychrome enamel on interior of circular bowl; shield-shaped handle finial with portrait of Napoleon in polychrome enamel.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Mary Lamar Erwin
Object Number:
1949.154
Marks:
enamel: on inside of bowl: "TOMBEAU DE NAPOLEON I"
enamel: on handle finial: "PARIS"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
40475
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dessert knife
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1849-1853
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/8 x 5/8 x 5/8 in. ( 18.7 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Cast silver dessert knife with a threaded handle, cast in vertical halves, with a molded handle socket fitted with a flat, curved blade; handle engraved, "Beals" in script; maker's marks stamped on the blade.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Dudley Davis in memory of his mother Marie Antoinette Baker Davis
Object Number:
1950.160
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "Beals" in script
stamped: on the blade: "CROSBY & BROWN" incuse
Gallery Label:
This dessert knife belonged to Frances Augusta Beals(1815-1897), born in Boston, MA to William Beals (1785-1870) and Dorothy Whitney Beals (1797-1876). William Beals was the founder of the "Boston Post." Frances Augusta married George Baker (1818-1854) of Boston May 20, 1844. She gave this dessert knife to the donor's mother at the time of her marriage to Fellowes Davis in 1871.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1853
eMuseum Object ID:
40474
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Butter knife
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 17.1 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Silver butter knife with a threaded handle, cast in vertical halves, with the engraved initials, "C. L." in script; flat, curved blade; maker's marks stamped on the blade.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild
Object Number:
1930.40
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "C. L." in script
stamped: on the blade: eagle in an oval over "A/C" in a diamond in roman letters over a bust in an oval
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
40473
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Knife and fork
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1700 - 1775
Medium:
Silver, steel
Dimensions:
fork: 6 5/8 x 3/4 x 5/8 in. ( 16.8 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm )
knife: 8 1/8 x 3/4 x 3/4 in. ( 20.6 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Silver and steel knife and fork with pitch filled pistol handles with repoussé chased leaf and shell decoration; fork with a steel baluster stem and two tines; knife with a flat, curved steel sabre or scimitar shaped blade; maker's marks stamped on the handles; pitch filled or 'loaded' handles made in two halves stamped from sheet metal soldered together; maker's marks stamped on the handles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Hennage
Object Number:
1979.66ab
Marks:
stamped: on the handles: "D*C" in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
40472
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 11.1 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Silver souvenir spoon with pointed oval bowl with fluting and inscription, "Fortress Monroe, etched on interior; narrow, four-sided handle with ball finial; stamped maker's mark on reverse.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Thomas O. Mabbott
Object Number:
1949.228
Marks:
etched: on inside of bowl: "Fortress / Monroe"
stamped: on reverse: "[lion][anchor]G / STERLING / 4"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
40471
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Serving spoon and fork (Rosette)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1871
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
fork: 9 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. ( 22.9 x 4.4 x 3.5 cm )
spoon: 9 x 2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in. ( 22.9 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Silver serving spoon and fork in the "Rosette" pattern with upturned threaded handles with trefoil ends, shield and scroll tips and rosette stem center; handles engraved "MAB" in script; fork has shallow bowl and three pointed tines with a pointed foliate drop at the reverse; spoon has an angular shell bowl with pointed foliate drop at reverse; makers' and retailer's hallmarks stamped along the undersides of the handles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Dudley Davis in memory of his mother Marie Antoinette Baker Davis
Object Number:
1950.150ab
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "MAB" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: lion passant, anchor, gothic "G" incuse, "PAT 68 STERLING" and "STARR & MARCUS" incuse
Gallery Label:
These serving spoon and fork were given to Marie Antoinette Baker, the donor's mother, on the ocassion of her marrige to Fellows Davis in 1871.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1871
eMuseum Object ID:
40467
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1920
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 7/8 in. ( 13.3 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Silver souvenir spoon with "Rubinstein" in relief on inside of pointed oval bowl; narrow handle with openwork finial; stamped maker's mark on reverse.
Object Number:
INV.13987
Marks:
stamped: on reverse: "STERLING" following a Y-shaped mark with initials "R"(?), "L" and "B"
in relief: on inside of bowl: "Rubinstein"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
40466
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spoon
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Silver, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 7/8 x 1/2 in. ( 12.1 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Silver spoon with oval bowl decorated on front and back with an almond-shaped panel containing paisley shapes outlined in wire filament and filled with polychrome enamel; twisted handle terminating in openwork finial made of segments of wire with burgundy and blue enamel infill.
Object Number:
INV.14469
Marks:
stamped: on handle finial, reverse side: "STERLING"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
40465
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Crumber
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1895
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 2 5/8 x 1 3/8 in. ( 28.6 x 6.7 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Cast silver table crumber in the "Imperial Queen" pattern with slightly upturned double-swell fiddle handle decorated foliate scroll border and shell ornament at the tip and joint; handle engraved with cipher "MDBM" in script characters; blade has long lower straight edge and scalloped upper edge with scrolled rim; repoussé chased shell and scroll decoration along blade face; maker's hallmarks stamped along underside of handle stem.
Pattern issued in 1895.
Credit Line:
Gift of Wilmot T. Cox
Object Number:
1942.387
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: cipher "MDBM" in script characters
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "W" in oval surround in arms of two-headed griffen, gothic "W" in circular surround, and "STERLING PAT 1893" incuse
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
40464
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1950
Medium:
Silver, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 7/8 x 1/2 in. ( 10.2 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Silver souvenir spoon with plain oval bowl and handle with circular finial above rectangular panel, the former with view of United Nations building and the latter with United Nations emblem, both with ground of blue enamel.
Credit Line:
Gift of Robert G. Goelet
Object Number:
1977.63
Marks:
in relief: on handle finial, obverse side: "UNITED NATIONS"
stamped: on reverse: "TH. MARTHINSEN STERLING / NORWAY"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
40463
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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