Circular urn-shape waste bowl with pendant Greek key band at rim on a flared, circular pedestal with stepped, domed foot; engraved in script on one side of body "Mrs. Joanna L. Howard / From a Friend / Oct. 27\th 1858." Beading at top of pedestal and edge of foot. Gold washed interior. No marks.
Part of a six-piece coffee and tea service, 2013.0193.01-.06, given to Joanna Louise (Turpin) Howard (1825-1872) of Boston. The Howards were among several socially prominent free black families living in the city's affluent West End in the 1850s. Although the reasons for this splendid gift from a mystery “Friend” are unknown, Mrs. Howard and her husband, Edward Frederick Howard (1813-1893), were active in the antislavery movement and fought to end segregation of Massachusetts public schools in 1855. Their two daughters, Adeline (b. 1845) and Joan Imogene (b. 1850), became distinguished educators, while their son, Edwin Clarence (1846-1912), was the first African-American graduate of Harvard Medical School.
Urn-shaped waste bowl, oval in section, on a flared oval pedestal base; one side of body is engraved with a shaded, foliate script "R". Cast serpentine-lobed rim and reeded foot have leafy volutes springing from shells; chased and engraved pairs of leafy scrolls enclosing five-petaled flowers encircle body and base. Underside of base struck incuse "STERLING" at one end, "3998/74" at the other, and with a diamond-quatrefoil-diamond motif along one side. From a seven-piece coffee and tea service, 1991.0352.01-.07.
Handleless, rectangular, rounded-bottom bowl on a rectangular, stepped pedestal base with applied reeded molding for foot. A wide, die-rolled band of grapevine and oak branch decoration is at rim above a raised lower body with bulbous upper half and two overlapping rows of chased points around bottom. Underside of body is struck with four hallmarks, but no maker's mark; centerpunch visible. One end of base underside is struck with seller's mark and incised with weight. From a four-piece service, DL*383361-DL*383363A-B.
Hallmarks appear to be those for Chester, England, in 1814, although there is no town mark. Sellers are Liberty Browne (1776-1831) and William Seal (active, circa 1810-circa 1822) of Philadelphia, PA; in partnership, circa 1810-1811.
Inverted pear-shaped waste bowl decorated with intertwined oak branches with acorns around its shoulder; engraved "M\L/K" on one side above the circular, low-domed, ruffle-edged foot. Gilt-washed interior. Underside of flat bottom struck incuse with a stylized "M" trademark, "STERLING" in sans serif letters, and "815" in roman letters with "5.468" scratched below. From a six-piece coffee and tea service, 1980.0027.01-.06.
Maker is Marcus & Co., of New York, NY; 1892-1962 (merged with Black, Starr & Frost; founded 1810-present).
Handleless, raised bulbous baluster-shaped waste bowl with everted rim of angular twisted branches and overall chased and repousse grapevine decoration on four cast feet of looped branches of blooming flowers. Underside of rounded bottom struck below centerpoint with Gorham trademark of a lion passant facing left, an anchor, and the raised roman letter "G", all in clipped-corner surrounds, above "COIN" in incuse roman letters; "09071" is scratched at lower left, "15/3" is faintly scratched above, and four lines of geometric shapes, also faint and rubbed or worn away, are to right. From a six-piece coffee and tea service, 1988.0569.01-.06.
Chased and repousse baluster-shaped bowl on flared pedestal base with ribbed neck and two reserves on body formed by ogival arches, ruffled C-scrolls and flowers, one engraved "C.E.O." in shaded gothic or Old English letters. Cast and applied scalloped rim, smooth on inside; beading at foot. Underside of convex bottom struck "TIFFANY & C\o." and "550 BROADWAY.N-Y" encircling "G & W", "4838", and "5", all in incuse serif letters; no centerpunch. From a six-piece coffee and tea service, DL*316497.0001-.0006.
Handleless, raised globular waste or slop bowl with everted or downturned scalloped rim, incurved neck and overall Chinoiserie and floral repousse decoration on a double-domed, circular pedestal foot. Continuous landscape design around body features pagodas, one with curved latticework fence, and pavilion complexes along a river with two sampans under sail, interrupted by large pine and coconut trees bending over a bridge to form an empty reserve.
Rounded underside is struck above and below centerpunch "BAILEY & CO." and "PHILADA." in raised roman letters in rectangles, with "#135" scratched upside down below.
Part of six-piece coffee and tea service, DL*276317.0001-.0006.
Spherical waste bowl with everted rim on circular foot ring; upper half of body has a flat-chased scrollwork band with two circular reserves, one engraved with the monogram "CEE", and is joined to the plain lower half by a denticulate-patterned midband. Underside of slightly convex bottom struck around centerpoint, "TIFFANY & CO." and "550 BROADWAY" encircling "1516", "QUALITY / 92[5-]1000" flanked on both sides by a gothic or Old English "M"; no order number.
Made by John C. Moore & Son for Tiffany & Co., both of New York, NY; the above mark used, 1865-1870. Moore & Son (John Chandler Moore and Edward Chandler Moore) was in operation, 1849-1868; they produced exclusively for Tiffany, which purchased the company in 1868 (Edward C. Moore then became head of Tiffany's silver department, a position he held until his death in 1891).
Raised circular bowl on short flared circular base with four ball feet; engraved on one side with a wreath of oak leaves and acorns above the inscription "Com. O.H.PERRY / CONQUERED the ENEMY, on LAKE ERIE, / Septem. 10\th/. 1813.", and on the other "PRESENTED / by the Citizens of / BOSTON." Die-rolled band of roses at rim above stepped-ogee top portion of the round lower body. Gadrooning at edge of base. Underside of rounded bottom struck "Churchill & / Treadwell" in raised roman letters in a rectangle below centerpoint; "16,,6" scratched upside-down below maker's mark. Rim slightly bent or warped on one side. Few dents at bottom of bowl. One foot reattached. Part of tea and coffee service, 1985.0121.01-.07.
Maker is Jesse Churchill (1773-1819) and Daniel Treadwell (1791-1872) of Boston, MA; dates in partnership given as 1805-1813.and 1809-1819.
Round-bottom bowl with flared neck and bulging body on four, square-section, incurved legs, reeded on their fronts and attached to body by masks of a bearded man. Both sides of neck and body are flat chased with a rectangular reserve flanked by compound leaves and leafy volutes above a five-pointed shield bearing chevrons topped with scrolls and flanked by sprigged lines. Underside of slightly convex bottom is struck incuse "930", "TAUNTON[.] / [S]ILVER PLATE Co." and "TRIPLE PLATE.", all in serif letters. From a 5-piece coffee and tea service, DL*209041.0001-.0005.