Collection Highlights
Lincoln visits General McClellan at Antietam
Date:
1862, published later
Object Number:
PR.065.778.5
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Table forks (8)
Object Number:
INV.14100a-h
Date:
ca. 1819
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 8 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 20.3 x 2.9 x 2.9 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the underside of the handles: in a banner, "SI JE PUIS" in roman letters
stamped: on the undersides of the stems a-c: "PB/ L" in a diamond; the Paris standard mark, a rooster in a chamfered rectangle with a "1" beside; bust in a circle
stam
Description:
Eight silver table forks with upturned fiddle thread handles with short midribs on the front; Livingston family crest engraved on the underside of the handles, a demi-Hercules with a club in his left hand and a snake in the right on fess above the motto, "SI JE PUIS" in a banner; four curved tines on each; marks stamped on the undersides of the stems.
Gallery Label:
Bears the Livingston family motto, "Si Je Puis."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
