EditorialSampler, Ruth Bolerworth, Medium: silk and metal thread embroidery, wool foundation Technique: cross, tent, satin and stem stitches on plain weave, Alphabets, crowns and verse. Top: Cross borders with trees, flowers, insects, and fruit. Bottom: Scene o...
EditorialOttone Hamerani, James III Stuart (1688-1766), The Old Pretender, 1721, copper, 1 15/16 in. (5 cm.), James III, a member of the Catholic House of Stuarts, which had been forced off the throne of England during the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and replac...
EditorialPepper Caster, ca. 1800, Made in Albany, New York, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 5 13/16 x 2 1/8 in. (14.8 x 5.4 cm); 3 oz. 16 dwt. (118.9 g), Silver, Isaac Hutton (American, New York 1766?1855 Albany, New York).
EditorialPunch Bowl, 1811, Made in Albany, New York, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 4 3/4 x 10 1/8 in. (12.1 x 25.7 cm); 32 oz. 17 dwt. (1022.3 g), Silver, Isaac Hutton (American, New York 1766?1855 Albany, New York).
EditorialChafing dish of silver on three legs. Barrel with six-pointed openwork edge. Copper inner tray, Silver brazier on three legs, with a copper inner tray. The container has a six-pointed openwork edge. Maker's mark: draw pot above ID., Johannes d'Hoy (pos...
EditorialGrain Carriers and Pourers Guild of Amsterdam, Guild Medal of Wybrant Blom, Copper Medal. Front: right-facing man with load on head. Reverse: inscription, Amsterdam, Wybrant Blom, anonymous, 1766, copper (metal), engraving, d 3.2 cm ? w 7.46 gr.
EditorialRowing, scaffolding and boatmen's guild of Amsterdam, guild token of Jacob Booy, berth of Elburger jetty, Brass medal. Front: sailboat sailing to the left, on rear: sitting man and flag. Reverse: inscription above house brand and heart with letters I a...
EditorialGrain Carriers and Pourers Guild of Amsterdam, Guild Medal of Jan Dykman, Copper Medal. Front: right-facing man with load on head. Reverse: inscription, Amsterdam, Jan Dykman, anonymous, 1766, copper (metal), engraving, d 3.2 cm ? w 105 gr.
EditorialDish, Round dish with scalloped edge. The dish belongs under a terrine. The terrine is marked, but not the dish, Arnoldus van Geffen, Amsterdam, 1766, silver (metal), d 3.6 cm.
EditorialTerrine, Round terrine with scalloped bottom. The terrine has a lid with a scalloped edge. The knob of the lid is a flying bird. The terrine has two raised handles. The terrine is marked: stk. = Amsterdam, jrl. = G (1766) and mt. = Arnoldus van Geffen,...
EditorialSilver brazier on three legs. Barrel with six-pointed openwork edge. Copper inner tray, Silver brazier on three legs, with a copper inner tray. The container has a six-pointed openwork edge. Maker's mark: ICO., Johannes Christoffel Ouwenhage, Middelbur...
EditorialPepper Caster, ca. 1800, Made in Albany, New York, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 5 13/16 x 2 1/8 in. (14.8 x 5.4 cm); 3 oz. 16 dwt. (118.9 g), Silver, Isaac Hutton (American, New York 1766?1855 Albany, New York).
EditorialTankard, ca. 1766, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (21 x 18.4 cm); 25 oz. 6 dwt. (784.7 g), Silver, Benjamin Burt (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1729?1805 Boston, Massachusetts).
EditorialPunch Bowl, 1811, Made in Albany, New York, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 4 3/4 x 10 1/8 in. (12.1 x 25.7 cm); 32 oz. 17 dwt. (1022.3 g), Silver, Isaac Hutton (American, New York 1766?1855 Albany, New York).