Centerpiece bowl
Classification:
Date:
1926
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. ( 19 x 31.1 cm )
Silver Weight: 43 oz (troy) 3 dwt (1342 g)
Description:
Wrought and cast silver centerpiece bowl; circular bowl with an everted lip;cast, open work pedestal of foliate scrolls and beads; circular, stepped and splayed foot; engraved on the underside of the foot, "TO GEORGE A ZABRISKIE. A TOKEN OF AFFECTION OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE U.S. SUGAR EQUALIZATION BOARD, 1918-1926." in block letters with engraved signatures of the board members below; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number:
1944.144
Marks:
engraved: "TO GEORGE A ZABRISKIE. A TOKEN OF AFFECTION OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE U.S. SUGAR EQUALIZATION BOARD, 1918-1926." in block letters with engraved signatures of the board members below, "C. A. de Lima, Edgar Rickard, Edward P. Stattuck, F. W. Taussi
Gallery Label:
This pedestal bowl was presented to New Yorker George A. Zabriskie (1869-1954) by members of the United States Sugar Equalization Board in 1926. Zabriskie was a prominent executive in the food industry and during World War I became an active public servant. From 1939 to 1947 he served as president of the N-YHS, but in his earlier years he was president of the Sugar Administrator of the Sugar Equalization Board, a corporation created in 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson to buy and sell the increasingly scarce commodity and safeguard consumer prices.
Provenance:
Presented to George A. Zabriskie (1869-1954), the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1926
eMuseum Object ID:
40005
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Table knife
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1891
Medium:
Silver plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/8 x 7/8 x 1/2 in. ( 23.8 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
silver plated table knife with an oval handle, molded handle socket and flat curved blade; maker's marks stamped on the blade.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1942.659b
Marks:
stamped: on the blade: "1847 ROGERS BRO./ PAT MAY 17, 1891"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
39992
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Teaspoons (4)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 5 7/8 x 1 1/4 x 3/8 in. ( 14.9 x 3.2 x 1 cm )
Description:
Four silver teaspoons with fiddle thread handles engraved, "MSH" in script, flared shoulders and pointed oval bowls with threaded drops; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton de Groot
Object Number:
1941.962a-d
Marks:
engraved: on the handles: "MSH" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "N. A. FREEMAN 289 B.WAY" in roman letters beside pseudohallmarks, a lion passant, a leopards head, "S" and a bust
Gallery Label:
These teaspoons belonged to the Hawley family, relations of the donor's grandmother.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
39991
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Maté and bombilla
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1845
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Part (bombilla): 8 x 7/8 in. (20.3 x 2.2 cm)
Part (mate cup): 3 3/4 x 4 x 3 in. (9.5 x 10.2 x 7.6 cm)
Silver Weight: 5
Description:
Wrought and cast silver maté cup and bombilla; maté cup with an urn-shaped body; foliate repoussé chasing in a band below the shoulder; incurved shoulder all over repoussé chased with a floral design on a matte ground; plain applied rim; three cast foliate and paw feet applied to the base of the body; two cast scroll handles applied to each side; bombilla, made of a long cylindrical tube with rings inscribed along its length; conical joint applied to a seven-sided flared opening with a woven strainer applied across the opening; no maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Sarah H. Van Nest
Object Number:
1941.911ab
Gallery Label:
Largely unknown in the United States before the 1940s, yerba mate, an infusion made from a plant indigenous to Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, and Brazil, was a common drink to many South Americans. Its introduction during the first half of the nineteenth century was inspired by increased American diplomatic ties with newly independent South American nations. Unlike tea, mate required a specialized cup and straw with an attached strainer that were commonly passed from person to person. By the mid-nineteenth century, class or wealth was communicated through the type of cup or pot used. Reports from South America noted that the "more . . . refined portion of the population partake of the infusion from a maté, or teapot, formed of silver or other materials, by means of a tin or silver pipe, called a bombilla, perforated with holes at one end." This Neoclassical-style set belonged to Oliver J. Hayes (1802-1861), a New York City shipping merchant.
Provenance:
This maté cup and bombilla belonged to Oliver J. Hayes (1802-1861), a New York City merchant and the grandfather of the donor, who brought it from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he was in business.
Bibliography:
Oliver J. Hayes (1802-1861), who married Mary Vanderpoel (1805-1867); probably to his daughter Elizabeth C. Hayes Van Nest (1846-1931), who married Frank Van Nest (1844-1929); to their daughter Sarah H. Van Nest (1872-1952), the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
39984
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Coffeepot
Classification:
Date:
1855
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 6 in. ( 32.4 x 26 x 15.2 cm )
Silver Weight: 30 oz (troy) 18 dwt (961 g)
Description:
Wrought and cast silver presentation coffeepot with a bulbous, urn-shaped body with repoussé chased foliate and scroll cartouches around the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head, on one side of the body and the inscription, "Presented to Commodore/ Matthew Calbraith Perry/ by the Chamber of Commerce and/ Merchants of New York" in script on the other side; incurved neck with an egg and dart band applied around the rim and the shoulder; hinged, circular, domed lid surmounted by a cast foliate finial; cast, s-curve spout in the form of a grape vine with a notched lip; cast scroll handle in the form of a vine with a grape bunch grip applied to the rear of the body; body seated on a stepped pedestal with an egg and dart band around the joint and the footring; makers' marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable Perry Belmont
Object Number:
1936.36
Marks:
engraved: on the body: the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head, on one side and the inscription, "Presented to Commodore/ Matthew Calbraith Perry/ by the Chamber of Commerce and/ Merchants of New York" in script on the other side
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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:
39983
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Table fork and knife in a case
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1741
Medium:
Steel, porcelain, wood
Dimensions:
case: 7/8 x 9 x 2 1/4 in. ( 2.2 x 22.9 x 5.7 cm )
fork: 7 3/4 x 3/4 x 3/4 in. ( 19.7 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm )
knife: 7 7/8
Description:
Knife and fork with steel blade and tines and porcelain handles with painted blue floral decoration and silver foliate tips; conical handle sockets with incised rings; flat, pointed blade, edged on the curved side; fork with two tines and short molded stem; wooden, trapezoidal case with tooled and gilt foliate scrolls around the edge of the lid and the tooled inscription, "J*S*B/ F.L.B./ 1741" in roman letters; metal hook and eye closures on one side; lined with molded chamois.
Object Number:
INV.14035a-c
Marks:
tooled: on the case lid: "J*S*B/ F.L.B/ 1741"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1741
eMuseum Object ID:
39962
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Teaspoon
Classification:
Date:
1840-1847
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 in. ( 15.9 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
silver teaspoon with a downturned fiddle handle with a short splayed midrib on the underside and the engraved initials, "MSH" in script on the front; flared shoulders and a pointed oval bowl wth a broad drop; makers' marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton de Groot
Object Number:
1941.956a
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "MSH" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "EB & Co" in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1847
eMuseum Object ID:
39960
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Table forks (12)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1835
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 in. × 1 1/8 in. × 1 in. (21 × 2.9 × 2.5 cm)
Description:
One of a set of six silver table forks with upturned, threaded fiddle handles with short midribs on the front and the Morris family crest, a tower in flames, engraved on the underside of the handle; flared shoulders and four curved tines on each; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of John B. Morris, Jr.
Object Number:
1955.44a
Marks:
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "B * G" in a rectangle, lion passant in a rctangle, "W" in a rectangle, bust in a rectangle
Gallery Label:
Probably made for the marriage of Mary E. Babcock to William L. Morris who were married in 1827.
Provenance:
Mary Elizabeth Babcock (1808-1851), who married William Lewis Morris (1805-1864); to their son John Babcock Morris (b.1839), who married Mary E. Faitoute; to their son John Babcock Morris Jr. (1881-1957), the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
39957
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teaspoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1815-1830
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 in. ( 14.6 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
silver teaspoon with a downturned fiddle handle engraved, "EB" in script; pointed shoulders and a pointed oval bowl; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of M. F. Savage
Object Number:
1928.47a
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "EB" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "H. SAFFORD" in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
39954
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teaspoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1835
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in. ( 14.9 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
silver teaspoon with a downturned fiddle handle with a splayed midrib on the underside and the engraved initials, "AD" on the front; flared shoulders and a pointed oval bowl with shell decoration; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the stem.
Credit Line:
Gift of M. F. Savage
Object Number:
1924.51b
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "AL" in script
stamped: on the underside handle: "G. S. GELSTON" in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
39949
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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