Loving cup
Classification:
Date:
1898
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 x 17 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. ( 40.6 x 44.4 x 25.1 cm )
Description:
Wrought silver presentation loving cup; baluster shaped body with all over repoussé chased decoration, on one side a portrait of Chief Tamanend in an oval over crossed bow and arrow, tomahawk, and axe over two clasped hands, and surrounded by oak leaves and acorns; on the opposite side seventeen oval cameo portraits surrounded by oak leaves and acorns; applied to circular pedestal with four scrolled feet all over repoussé chased oak leaves and acorns and embossed with the inscription, "PRESENTED TO/ HON. THOMAS F. GRADY/ BY/ THOMAS D. SULLIVAN/ AND/ FRIENDS.;" two cast openwork handles decorated with oakleaves and acorns and surmounted by two gilt tigers' heads; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1979.99
Marks:
Inscription: embossed on the foot: "PRESENTED TO/ HON. THOMAS F. GRADY/ BY/ THOMAS D. SULLIVAN/ AND/ FRIENDS", (at center-left) "NEW YORK / APRIL 4th / 1898"
Mark: stamped on the base: "925/ 1000 Fine/ STERLING" besides a shield marked "S" surmounted by
Gallery Label:
This profusely ornamented loving cup perfectly captures both the bravado and the political power of New York's Tammany Hall, a Democratic political machine that controlled party nominations and patronage from the mid-nineteenth century until 1932. The cup was presented to Tammany leader and state senator Thomas F. Grady (1853-1912) at a lavish banquet held on April 4, 1898, at the Hoffman House, a noted Broadway hotel. The cup is decorated with a profuse and eccentric array of Tammany symbols, not the least of which are the seventeen die-stamped portraits of Tammany "braves." The precise reason for Senator Grady's award is not recorded, but press coverage of the election of November 1897, in which Tammany Hall engineered a sweeping Democratic victory, suggests that the cup acknowledged Grady's efforts in securing municipal jobs for Tammany men-the "braves" depicted on the cup.
Provenance:
Presented to Thomas F. Grady (1853-1912); descent unknown; purchased at Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Auction of Americana, November 27-December 1, 1979, lot 241.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
39653
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Tablespoons (12)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1866 - 1880
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 1 3/8 x 5/8 in. ( 18.4 x 3.5 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Twelve silver tablespoons with downturned oval handles with foliate scroll decoration around rectangular reserves engraved, "G" in gothic script; elliptical bowls; makers' marks stamped on the underside of the handles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louise S. Gilder, 12/14/73
Object Number:
INV.14543a-l
Marks:
stamped: on the undersides of the handles: "STERLING," "HENNEGAN, BATES & CO" all in roman letters
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
39640
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Sauceboat
Classification:
Date:
1855
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 8 1/2 x 4 in. ( 17.8 x 21.6 x 10.2 cm )
Silver Weight: 12 oz (troy) 10 dwt (388 g)
Description:
Wrought silver presentation sauceboat; ovoid bowl on a ovoid pedestal with applied cast scroll design and four scroll and trefoil feet; bowl raised to a short, narrow pouring lip with and applied egg and dart band around the rim; cast, open, foliate double-scroll handle with feathered decoration; repoussé chased foliate and scroll cartouches around 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; makers' marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable Perry Belmont
Object Number:
1936.28
Marks:
engraved: 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
stamped: on the
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:
39631
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Dessert spoon(s), qty. 36
Classification:
Date:
1855
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (18.4 × 3.8 × 2.9 cm)
Description:
One of a set of thirty-six silver dessert spoons with upturned wavy-end handles with foliate decoration; pointed oval bowls with leaf decoration; undersides of the handles engraved with the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head; makers' marks stamped on the undersides of the stems.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable Perry Belmont
Object Number:
1936.250
Marks:
engraved: on the undersides of the handles: the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head
stamped: on the undersides of the stems: "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:
39629
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Table knives (21)
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 a set of twenty-two table knives with flat steel blade with rounded tip and cast silver handle with foliate design; molded handle socket; stamped maker's mark on reverse of blade; family crest with anchor below a hind's head engraved on reverse of handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable Perry Belmont
Object Number:
1936.223
Marks:
engraved: on back of handle: the Perry family crest
stamped: on back of blade: "J. GARSIDE / SUPERIOR CUTLERY"
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:
39626
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Table knife
Classification:
Date:
1855
Medium:
Silver, steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 5/8 in. ( 28.3 x 2.9 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Table knife with flat steel blade with rounded tip and cast silver handle with foliate design; molded handle socket; stamped maker's mark on reverse of blade; family crest with anchor below a hind's head engraved on reverse of handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable Perry Belmont
Object Number:
1936.215
Marks:
engraved: on back of handle: the Perry family crest
stamped: on back of blade: "BALL . . . / 247 BROADWAY, N.Y."
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:
39625
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Table knife
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1855
Medium:
Silver, steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in. ( 26 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Table knife with flat steel blade with rounded tip and cast silver handle with foliate design; molded handle socket; stamped maker's mark on reverse of blade; family crest with anchor below a hind's head engraved on reverse of handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable Perry Belmont
Object Number:
1936.214
Marks:
engraved: on back of handle: the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head
stamped: on back of blade: "ODIOT"
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 acknowledgment 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:
39594
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hot dish cover
Classification:
Date:
1855
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 13 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 35.2 x 26.7 cm )
Description:
Wrought and cast silver presentation hot dish cover for small meats; oval cover with a raised domed center, molded rim, and repoussé chased foliate and scroll cartouches around 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; cast laurel wreath loop handle with a feathered scroll joint screwed through the center of the dome; makers' marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable Perry Belmont
Object Number:
1936.16
Marks:
engraved: in the front center cartouche: "Presented to Commodore/ Matthew Calbraith Perry/ by the Chamber of Commerce and/ Merchants of New York" in script
stamped: on the underside of the dome: "WM GALE & SON/ NEW YORK" over "W/G/&/S" in an oval over, "
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:
39593
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Butter serving knives (4)
Classification:
Date:
1855
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 × 1 1/8 × 5/8 in. (21.6 × 2.9 × 1.6 cm)
Description:
One of four silver butter serving knives with upturned wavy-end handles with foliate decoration; handles engraved with the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head; blades rounded and edged on one side and each comes to a point where they meet the opposite, scalloped edge; leaf decoration at the base of the blade; makers' marks stamped on the blades.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable Perry Belmont
Object Number:
1936.104
Marks:
engraved: on the undersides of the handles: the Perry family crest, an anchor on fess below a hind's head
stamped: on the undersides of the stems: "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:
39591
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Child's fork and knife
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Silver plate
Dimensions:
fork: 6 1/4 x 3/4 x 7/8 in. ( 15.9 x 1.9 x 2.2 cm )
knife: 7 3/8 x 3/4 x 1/8 in. ( 18.7 x 1.9 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
silver plate child's fork and knife with upturned pointed end handles with cherub decoration in the center; fork has four curved tines; knife has rounded, flat blade; makers' marks stamped on the blade and the underside of the fork stem.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Florence Rogers Dietrich
Object Number:
1944.50ab
Marks:
stamped: on the knife blade: "REED & BARTON"
stamped: underside of the fork stem: "REED & BARTON PAT APL FOR"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39588
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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