Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tray
Object Number:
1939.415b
Date:
ca. 1896
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 33.7 cm )
Marks:
engraved: center: "MBM" in foliate script
stamped: on the base: "TIFFANY & Co/ 5716 MAKERS 6734/ STERLING SILVER/ 925-1000/ T/ 13 IN."
Description:
Wrought silver tray in the Chrysanthemum pattern; flat, circular scalloped tray with raised and stepped sides; cast, chrysanthemum leaf and flower band applied around the rim; engraved in the center, "MBM" in foliate script; makers' marks on the base.
Gallery Label:
This tray, and its accompanying pitcher, were a wedding gift to Wilmot Townsend Cox of Glen Cove, Long Island and Maria Duane Bleecker of Long Beach, Long Island, who married in 1896.
Credit Line:
Gift of Wilmot T. Cox
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
