EditorialTea caddy and case, shagreen, Transcribed from notecard found in the tea caddy (note placed in object file):, 'George II Shagreen Tea Caddy Case with silver mounts, handle, feet escutcheon, etc. - all lined, 3 compartments with red velvet. We bought it...
EditorialTeapot and cover, John Turner, Lane End, Staffordshire, England, 1759 - 1780, Enameled stoneware, Silversmiths shape: oblong with four bowed panels alternating with four rectangular panels containing niches; long ogee spout, rectangular flat handle. Ob...
EditorialMaker: Bartholomew Le Roux, American, ca. 16651713, Brandywine?Bowl, ca.?16901700, Silver, 5 1/2 ? 12 1/8 in. (14 ? 30.8 cm), Brandywine bowls (brandewijnkommen) were used in Dutch households for serving a mixture of brandy and raisins at ceremonial oc...
EditorialMaker: Peter Van Dyck, American, 16841751, Teapot, ca.?172035, Silver, 7 1/8 ? 9 in. (18.1 ? 22.9 cm), Octagonal teapots were popular in both Dutch and English silver, but no other example by an American craftsman has survived. The faceted, eight-sided...
Editorialframe (information medium), Anonymous, 1812, minted, Rectangular copper plate in which the marks of 34 different gold and silversmiths are minted. The panel has a division of 9 x 9 boxes scratched. The first 34 of these have a stamped number with the g...
EditorialSeal, ca. 1704, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, wood, 1 11/16 x 1 1/2 x 2 7/8 in. (4.3 x 3.8 x 7.3 cm); 1 oz. 11 dwt. (48.9 g), Silver, Jacob Boelen (ca. 1657?1729), Governments, universities, and other organizations commis...
EditorialBasin, ca. 1850, French, Paris, Silver gilt, 18 3/4 x 13 9/16 in. (47.6 x 34.4 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Froment-Meurice, among the most renowned silversmiths of mid-nineteenth-century Paris, was a historicist whose work embraced medieval, Renaissance, an...
EditorialCreampot, 1760?80, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Silver, 3 11/16 x 4 3/16 in. (9.4 x 10.6 cm); 4 oz. 5 dwt. (131.8 g), Silver, Joseph Edwards Jr. (1737?1783), Three-legged creampots with elongated pouring lips and scrolled han...
EditorialSeal, ca. 1704, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, wood, 1 11/16 x 1 1/2 x 2 7/8 in. (4.3 x 3.8 x 7.3 cm); 1 oz. 11 dwt. (48.9 g), Silver, Jacob Boelen (ca. 1657?1729), Governments, universities, and other organizations commis...