Collection Highlights
Group of Chicago Zouave Cadets
Date:
Object Number:
PR.049.FF.MIL.CHIZOU
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Tea service
Object Number:
2000.211a-d
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Silver, ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 10 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. (27.3 x 27.6 x 16.5 cm)
Marks:
Mark: all pieces are stamped once at body bottom near center punch with relief mark "N.J.BOGERT" in rectangular surround.
Inscription: each vessel is engraved at center-front of bodies in upper part of fluted lobe "M.A. BENEDICT"
Description:
Silver tea service including a teapot, sugar bowl with lid, creamer, and waste bowl; all have inverted pear-shaped bodies with eleven wide concave flutes seated on a circular stepped feet with applied, die-rolled trefoil bands; convex shoulders raised to a tapered and flared rims or necks with an applied, die-rolled trefoil bands; scrolled handles; engraved on the front center of each body, "M. A. Benedict;" maker's marks stamped on the bases.
Gallery Label:
The service was made for Mary Augusta Weed (b. 1820), who married James Milton Benedict (1814-1867) in 1840.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Miriam Jay Wurts Andrus
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
