Collection Highlights
New York City Hall, front elevation
Date:
1802
Object Number:
PR.040.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coffee and tea service
Object Number:
1941.939a-e
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Silver, ivory
Dimensions:
see individual records
Marks:
Mark: all pieces stamped on bases: "Wm.. F. LADD" in a conforming rectangle over "NEW YORK " in a conforming rectangle
Engraving: Each of the eight panels of the body is engraved with asymmetrical foliate scrolls with Chinoiserie figures and scenes. Bas
Description:
Wrought silver coffee and tea service consisiting of a coffeepot, teapot, sugar bowl with lid and a creamer; octagonal, lantern-shaped bodies with long extended necks; rounded bases set on four scroll feet with acanthus leaves at the knees; convex bands at the shoulders; cast and applied octagonal stepped rims; octagonal domed lids with an octagonal balustrade finial; crisp engraving of foliate scrolls with japanesque figures and scenes on each of the eight segments of the bodies; eight diffent flowers engraved on the rounded bases; maker's marks on the bases.
Gallery Label:
Belonged to Harriet Lyon McMartin, wife of Peter McMartin (married 1830).
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Harriet McMartin Richards
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
