Urn-shape coffeepot with an incurved neck ending in a round bead and flared shoulder atop a tapered cylindrical body on a flared, circular pedestal base. Bell-domed, hinged lid with wide, flat edge is topped by an octagonal fluted knop. Spurred C- and S-curve, D- or ear-shaped handle is pinned into cylindrical sockets. S-scroll spout has an elongated D-shaped lip, faceted face and tongued belly. Body perforated at spou. Underside of inset convex bottom is struck with five marks, including "G.RICHARDSO[N]" in raised serif letters in a finely serrated rectangle, and is scratched at lower left "i/m / u/m / v/m / v/n", possibly by different hands. Fine turning marks inside. Handle and knop with vestiges of black japanning; spout darker than body. Base edge dented.
Long-handled fork with two, circular-section, curved tines having rounded shoulders and an arched tab at neck; shaft is square in section at neck, rounded at center and flattened at top, ending in a small, backward-scroll hook with single curl. No marks.
Handleless, flared tulip-shape cup or beaker on a flattened foot; two bands of engine-turned decoration at midbody with pairs of lines near rim and base and a single line at rim. Rounded bottom, continuous with body, has been pushed up inside. No marks.
Japanned, dome-top trunk or lidded box with scrolled hasp lock on front, circular wire ring handle on top, and two hinges at back. Box front is painted along top with two, staggered, swag-and-tassel bands in red, yellow, and green, the top one overpainted on a white band, and along base with a yellow ribbon, thin red line, and green dots. Yellow dot-and-drops brushwork runs diagonally across the box sides and straight across the lid sides. Yellow brushwork forms a diamond shape around the handle; yellow bands border the lid top and box sides. Three-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim. Two-piece box has a top edge folded with wire bead below and a flat bottom. Tinned interior. No marks.
Attributed to the North Shop of Fly Creek, NY, circa 1790-1841.
Tall, octagonal or panel-sided, inverted trumpet-shaped pitcher with raised bead at neck and rounded bottom on four cast ruffled scroll feet; engraved in small script on front panel, "To / M\rs/.. Alexander Cummings / A Mother's Gratitude". Reeded rim steeply curves to a U-shaped pouring lip. Tapered S-curve handle has fluted shell upper terminal, tab thumbpiece, applied oval leaves or feathers at middle and scrolled lower terminal with pendant pointed leaf or feather. Underside struck twice above and below centerpunch "R&W.WILSON" in raised roman letters in a rectangle, both facing the same direction.
Dinner fork, one of a set of six (1986.0531.09-.14) that match a set of six dinner knives (1986.0531.03-.08)
Two-tined fork with baluster stem. Tines, stem, and tang are one piece of tin-plated steel. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with brass pins to form a tapered block handle with chamfered edges and corners and a blunt butt. Central brass pin on front is larger than the other two. Metal is discolored, scratched and has some rust spots. Much of the tin is worn off. Bone is yellowed and crazed, cracked and chipped around edges and pulling away from the tang.
Underside of baluster is stamped: “STEEL”
Blades of matching knives are stamped: “L . BOOTH/SHEFFIELD”
Maker is possibly L[uke] Booth, active in Sheffield, England in the early 19th century until his death in 1855.
Inverted pear-shaped, serpentine-paneled creamer engraved "AMC" in conjoined foliate script on a stepped pedestal base with circular foot. Deeply curved, everted, reverse cyma-edged rim with wide pouring lip above incurved neck. Applied beading at base of neck, top of pedestal, and foot. Spurred, faceted, S-curve handle has raised rings next to scrolled terminals. Underside of rounded bottom struck with maker's mark between two pseudo-hallmarks. Centerpunch visible. Part of a three-piece service, 1988.0252.1-.3.
Maker is Gale, Wood & Hughes (William Gale Sr., Jacob Wood, and Jasper Hughes) of New York, NY; in partnership, 1833-1845.
Dinner fork, one of a set of six (1986.0531.09-.14) that match a set of six dinner knives (1986.0531.03-.08)
Two-tined fork with baluster stem. Tines, stem, and tang are one piece of tin-plated steel. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with brass pins to form a tapered block handle with chamfered edges and corners and a blunt butt. Central brass pin on front is larger than the other two. Metal is discolored, scratched and has some rust spots. Much of the tin is worn off. Bone is yellowed and crazed, cracked and chipped around edges and pulling away from the tang.
Underside of baluster is stamped: “STEEL”
Blades of matching knives are stamped: “L . BOOTH/SHEFFIELD”
Maker is possibly L[uke] Booth, active in Sheffield, England in the early 19th century until his death in 1855.
Dinner fork, one of a set of six (1986.0531.09-.14) that match a set of six dinner knives (1986.0531.03-.08)
Two-tined fork with baluster stem. Tines, stem, and tang are one piece of tin-plated steel. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with brass pins to form a tapered block handle with chamfered edges and corners and a blunt butt. Central brass pin on front is larger than the other two. Metal is discolored, scratched and has some rust spots. Much of the tin is worn off. Bone is yellowed and crazed, cracked and chipped around edges and pulling away from the tang.
Underside of baluster is stamped: “STEEL”
Blades of matching knives are stamped: “L . BOOTH/SHEFFIELD”
Maker is possibly L[uke] Booth, active in Sheffield, England in the early 19th century until his death in 1855.
Dinner knife, one of a set of six (1986.0531.03-.08) that match a set of six dinner forks (1986.0531.09-.14).
Straight tinned steel blade with rounded tip. Blade, bolster, and tang are one piece. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with brass pins to form a tapered block handle with chamfered edges and corners and a blunt butt. Central brass pin on one side is larger than the other two. Metal is discolored, scratched and has some rust spots. Much of the tin is worn off. Bone is yellowed and crazed, cracked and chipped around edges and pulling away from the tang.
Blades of matching knives are stamped: “L . BOOTH/SHEFFIELD”; on this blade this is partially worn off.
Maker is possibly L[uke] Booth, active in Sheffield, England in the early 19th century until his death in 1855.
Dinner fork, one of a set of six (1986.0531.09-.14) that match a set of six dinner knives (1986.0531.03-.08)
Two-tined fork with baluster stem. Tines, stem, and tang are one piece of tin-plated steel. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with brass pins to form a tapered block handle with chamfered edges and corners and a blunt butt. Central brass pin on front is larger than the other two. Metal is discolored, scratched and has some rust spots. Much of the tin is worn off. Bone is yellowed and crazed, cracked and chipped around edges and pulling away from the tang.
Front of baluster is stamped: “STEEL”
Blades of matching knives are stamped: “L . BOOTH/SHEFFIELD”
Maker is possibly L[uke] Booth, active in Sheffield, England in the early 19th century until his death in 1855.
Dinner fork, one of a set of six (1986.0531.09-.14) that match a set of six dinner knives (1986.0531.03-.08)
Two-tined fork with baluster stem. Tines, stem, and tang are one piece of tin-plated steel. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with brass pins to form a tapered block handle with chamfered edges and corners and a blunt butt. Central brass pin on front is larger than the other two. Metal is discolored, scratched and has some rust spots. Much of the tin is worn off. Bone is yellowed and crazed, cracked and chipped around edges and pulling away from the tang.
Underside of baluster is stamped: “STEEL”
Blades of matching knives are stamped: “L . BOOTH/SHEFFIELD”
Maker is possibly L[uke] Booth, active in Sheffield, England in the early 19th century until his death in 1855.
Raised kylix-form sugar bowl with domed cover topped by a cast swan finial, its head down and wings outstretched. Shallow circular bowl has two, large, cast floral circular wreath handles tied to cornucopia-shape supports extending from bulging lobed sections at opposite sides of body, and a flared pedestal of overlapping waterleaves or acanthus atop a flat circular base. Chased and repousse clusters of fruit and flowers encircle the cover while neoclassical arabesques with birds and swans separated by circular masks are around upper body. Cover is engraved in front of swan with McKim crest above the gothic or Old English letters "H M\c K". Outside of base struck with maker's mark and Baltimore Assay Office marks. Centerpunch on underside of body. From tea and coffee service, DL*382527-DL*382529.
Dinner fork, one of a set of six (1986.0531.09-.14) that match a set of six dinner knives (1986.0531.03-.08)
Two-tined fork with baluster stem. Tines, stem, and tang are one piece of tin-plated steel. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with brass pins to form a tapered block handle with chamfered edges and corners and a blunt butt. Central brass pin on front is larger than the other two. Metal is discolored, scratched and has some rust spots. Much of the tin is worn off. Bone is yellowed and crazed, cracked and chipped around edges and pulling away from the tang.
Front of baluster is stamped: “STEEL”
Blades of matching knives are stamped: “L . BOOTH/SHEFFIELD”
Maker is possibly L[uke] Booth, active in Sheffield, England in the early 19th century until his death in 1855.
Angular teakettle with crooked gooseneck spout and cast-in arched ears at its high, creased shoulder for the mushroom-shaped strap bail handle, half-round in section; foot ring. Low-relief, cast decoration on spout and ears. Stepped and molded cover has a flared rim and brass button knop. Both pieces are hollow cast: cover has gate mark on underside; body has a horizontal seam that extends to top of spout and single gate mark on bottom exterior. Two, cast-in, oval medallions are on opposite sides of shoulder, one contains "J. SAVERY (arched) / & SON / NEW YORK (curved)" and the other "PHOENIX WORKS" above by a spreadwing phoenix rising from flames, all in raised serif letters; a raised "3" to left of spout.
Maker is John Savery & Son of New York, NY; in business under this name, circa 1838-1845. Their foundry, Phoenix Works, was located at Jersey City, NJ.
Japanned, dome-top trunk or lidded box with a scrolled hasp lock on front, a circular wire ring handle on top, and two hinges at back. Box front is painted with pairs of right-facing, alternating, red and yellow leaflets, and on the sides with two, yellow-bordered, red swags with yellow brushwork at center. Lid has yellow X-shape brushwork around handle and sprays in top corners; yellow penciling on lid top and all sides except back. Three-piece lid has a wire-rolled front rim and three folded edges. Three-piece box has a flat bottom and a top edge folded with wire bead below. Tinned interior. No marks.
The painted decoration on this box combines a lid design seen on trunks attributed to the Upson Tinshop of Marion (Southington), CT, circa 1773-1837, with a brushwork band used on the front of a trunk attributed to the Connecticut Filley Tinshop of Bloomfield, CT, circa 1800-1837.
Bellied-bowl porringer with angled rim and bossed bottom; cast flower-type handle with triple-scallop bracket is pierced with 13 voids and struck once on top with partial circular touchmark of William Calder, with "CALDER" arched above a spreadwing eagle, head facing left. Sink hole inside bowl from tinker's dam used to burned handle on to bowl. Fine turning marks on underside of boss.