Table fork
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1910
Medium:
Silver plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 1 x 7/8 in. ( 18.4 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
silver plate table fork with a threaded chamfered eng handle wngraved, "ST.G" in roman letters; four curved tines; maker's marks stamped on the undersides.
Object Number:
INV.14267
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "ST.G" in roman letters
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "INTERNATIONAL S. CO. XII" in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
39749
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Table Knife
Classification:
Date:
1925-1950
Medium:
Silver plate, stainless steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 7/8 x 5/8 in. ( 24.1 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
silver plated and stainless steel table knife with a molded coffin end handle with daffodil motifs on each side; flat, curved and tapered stainless steel blade.
Object Number:
INV.14258
Marks:
stamped: on the blade: "STAINLESS"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
39748
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Table fork
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1950
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 1 x 7/8 in. ( 19.4 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
silver plated table fork with a molded coffin end handle with daffodil motifs on each side; four curved tines; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Object Number:
INV.14266
Marks:
stamped: on the underside of the stem: "1847 ROGERS BROS" in a rectangle, "I" in a rectangle, "S" in a rectangle, "Daffodil" in script
Gallery Label:
Meriden Britannia Co. acquired the Rogers Brothers Co. and began producing sterling flatware with the "1847 ROGERS BROS" stamp ca.1878-1880. When International Silver Co. succeeded the Meriden Britannia Co. (ca.1898) they continued to produced wares with the "1847 ROGERS BROS", though they did not include their own company stamp on wares until after 1928. (see Noel D. Turner "American Silver Flatware 1837-1910" appendix pp.322, 325)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
39747
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Table knives (5)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1855
Medium:
Silver, steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 in. × 1 1/8 in. × 1/2 in. (27.9 × 2.9 × 1.3 cm)
Description:
One of five table knives with flat steel blade with rounded tip and cast silver handle with foliate design; molded handle socket; family crest with anchor below a hind's head engraved on reverse of handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable Perry Belmont
Object Number:
1936.245
Marks:
engraved: on back of handle: the Perry family crest
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:
39743
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Table knives (2)
Classification:
Date:
1852-1874
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 7 7/8 x 1 x 1/4 in. ( 20 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Pair of silver table knives with shell form handles engraved with the Beekman family crest in an oval reserve, two wings addorsed on fess on an armor helmet, baluster stems with folite joints; flat curved blades; maker's marks stamped on the blade.
Credit Line:
Permanent Loan of the Beekman Family Association
Object Number:
1950.121ab
Marks:
stamped: on the blade: "BALL, BLACK & CO/ PATENT/ 925"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1874
eMuseum Object ID:
39742
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tablespoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1820-1830
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 1 7/8 x 7/8 in. ( 23.5 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
silver tablespoon with a downturned fiddle handle engraved, "JAC" in script; sugar loaf shoulders and a pointed oval bowl; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. George Edward Cornell
Object Number:
1932.119
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "JAC" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "FELLOWS" in a rectangle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
39740
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Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 7/8 x 5/8 in. ( 10.5 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Cast silver souvenir spoon with views of Niagara Falls on inside of bowl and on end of handle.
Object Number:
INV.469
Marks:
in relief: on obverse of handle: "NIAGARA / FALLS"
stamped: on reverse: indecipherable mark in rectangular depression and "STERLING"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39739
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Dessert knives (35)
Classification:
Date:
1855
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/8 × 3/4 × 5/8 in. (20.6 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm)
Silver Weight: 1 oz (troy) 8.3 dwt (44 g)
Description:
One of a set of thirty-five silver dessert knives with wavy-end handles with foliate and knot decoration; undersides of the handles engraved with the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head; flat, curved end blades; makers' marks stamped on the blades.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable Perry Belmont
Object Number:
1936.179
Marks:
engraved: on the undersides of the handles: the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head
stamped: on the blades: "Wm. GALE & SON" in roman letters
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:
39733
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sugar tongs
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Silver
object needs numbering
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 2 1/4 x 7/8 in. ( 15.6 x 5.7 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Silver bow-form sugar tongs with double-swell fiddle arms and hairy paw grips; arch engraved, "MAF" in bright-cut script; maker's marks stamped on the underside of an arm.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joan R. Drummond and John Chedell Richardson, Jr.
Object Number:
1984.128
Marks:
engraved: on the arch: "MAF" in bright-cut script
stamped: on the underside of an arm: "CHEDELL AUBURN" incuse and a star in a circle, bust(?) in a rectangle and an anchor in a rectangle
Gallery Label:
The tongs were donated by ancestors of the silversmith.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
39732
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Tray
Classification:
Date:
1874
Medium:
Silver, gilt
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 31 1/4 x 20 in. ( 12.1 x 79.4 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Cast and wrought silver presentation tray; flat oval tray with an image of John Roach's ship works engraved in the center above the engraved initials, "J/R" superimposed in foliate script and below the engraved inscription, "PRESENTED/ TO/ JOHN ROACH./ April 30th 1874./ IN RECOGNITION OF HIS EMINENT SERVICES TO THE COMMERCIAL/ INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING/ IRON SHIP BUILDING." in roman letters; foliate scroll border with the names of his clients engraved inside around the edge; two medallions at the ends with images of his ship works; applied sides with molded edges and foliate scroll pierce work in the center; sides raised in the centers to an gee with gilt images of iron ships on the sides and two foliate scroll strap handles applied to the ends; maker's mark stamped on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Children and Grandchildren of John Roach
Object Number:
1920.18a
Marks:
Mark: stamped on base: "STERLING" above a lion passant in a chamfered rectangle, an anchor in a rectangle and a "G" in gothic script in a chamfered rectangle over "690/ G"
engraved: in center of tray: "PRESENTED/ JOHN ROACH./ April 30, 1874./ IN RECOGNIT
Gallery Label:
This tray was part of a tea and coffee serviced presented to John Roach (1815-1887) on April 30, 1874 at a lavish gentlemen's dinner held at Delmonico's restaurant in New York City. Honored by eighty-two businessmen for "all he had done to revive American shipbuilding," Roach was regarded as a champion of the industry and its workers. The Roach presentation received extensive attention in contemporary newspapers. The New York Times described it as "a magnificent collection of plate, worthy in every way of the high reputation of the Gorham Manufacturing Company." Made in the years following Gorham's expansion, the service required the work of numerous specialist craftsmen with its construction taking more than sixty-four hours to complete.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1874
eMuseum Object ID:
39725
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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