Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Child's mug
Object Number:
1951.306
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 x 4 1/4 in. ( 10.8 x 7.6 x 10.8 cm )
Marks:
engraved: center front: "Mary Colden Swartwout/ N26" in script
Description:
Wrought and seamed silver child's mug; globular lower body with an applied flaring cylindrical upper body; applied die-rolled foliate scroll band around the joint of upper and lower bodies; applied, die-rolled foliated band around the rim; stamped foliate band below the rim; mug seated on a molded, circular pedestal foot with a vertically applied, die-rolled foliate footring; chased foliate scroll handle, tapers at bottom; center of the body engraved, "Mary Colden Swartwout/ N26" in script; no maker's mark.
Gallery Label:
This mug belonged to Mary Colden Swartwout, wife of Montgomery Livingston (1816-1855). It descended through the Livingston family.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Goodhue Livingston
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
