Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Sugar bowl with lid
Object Number:
1976.30ab
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 4 3/8 in. ( 22.9 x 11.1 cm )
Marks:
engraved: front center: in reserve, "G. M. S./ to/ G. J. S./ to J. E. S./ 1868" in script; below reserve engraved, "J. G. S./ 1928" in script
stamped: on base: once in each corner, "Gilbert" in script, in a rectangle
Description:
Wrought silver sugar bowl with lid; urn-shaped body on a round, stepped pedestal with a beaded ring; pedestal applied to a square base with a beaded band around the edge; beaded rim; circular domed lid surmounted by a cast urn finial; wheel turned and engraved twisted band around the flat edge of the lid and below the rim on the body; bright-cut, oval reserve suspended from a floral garland; reserve engraved, "G. M. S./ to/ G. J. S./ to J. E. S./ 1868" in script; below reserve engraved, "J. G. S./ 1928" in script; maker's marks on the base.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
