Two-handled, circular covered vegetable dish on four cast shell-and-flower feet; a removable ring with cast reverse-scroll edge rests on its rolled rim. Dish bottom has a flat, raised, circular center and flat gutter. Flat-top, shallow ogee-domed cover is topped by a cast finial of three roses. Bottom underside of dish struck incuse at center with circular mark for "VAN BERGH SILVER PLATE CO. (arched) / ROCHESTER, N.Y. (curved)" with "QUADRUPLE / PLATE" inside; "3012" stamped below. Cover and ring insert not marked.
Maker is Van Bergh Silver Plate Company of Rochester, NY; 1892-1926. Founded by brothers Frederick W. and Maurice H. Van Bergh; incorporated as Van Bergh Silver Plate Company Inc. in 1925, and merged with Oneida Community Ltd. in 1926.
Clipped-corner, rounded rectangular case with spring-loaded, hinged lid featuring engined-turned ribbed bands and a rectangular reserve at top left engraved "HS" in block letters; plain concave back. Gold washed, engine-turned interior has two, pierced scroll spring retainers. Push-tab catch. Top and bottom inside edge of lid are struck "STERLING" in incuse sans serif letters next to trademark of a superimposed "W" and "Co" pierced horizontally by a right-facing feathered arrow.
Smooth, unornamented, convex, rounded rectangular case with spring-loaded, hinged lid featuring a polychrome enamel of a mustachioed man in foxhunting attire or pinks riding a chestnut gelding facing left inset on front. Push-tab catch with two additional tabs at opposite ends of lid and back. Gold washed interior has two white elastic band retainers. Inside lid and back are struck "G.A.S." in sans serif letters and with a right-facing dog head between "3" and "A" in a coffin-shaped surround; inside back also stamped "800" incuse and with a combined crescent moon and imperial crown in surround (Reichsmark).
Circular box with friction-fit cover featuring an inset, watercolor painting mounted behind glass depicting masses of pale pink and yellow roses tumbling out of their container. Wave-patterned band at cover top and sides and at base of box. Box sides have an engine-turned, wavy band dotted at regular intervals. Guilloche decoration on bottom. Gold washed interior. Illegible signature at lower right of painting (in brown-red) "A(???) Lemailik(?)". Box collar struck on outside with an incuse "1" next to several scratched numbers.
Lidless, bracket-handled, cylindrical metric measure with a spouted, sloped collar and molded base; incised around collar, neck and above base. Stamped on front of body "DEMI / LITRE" in incuse serif letters; on front of neck "199", clasped hands in an oval and a small "H"; on face of handle with another clasped hands mark; and on top of rim with four raised serif letters and one small square. Flat bottom struck once with a touchmark of a crowned shield containing a key flanked by the letters "GG". One of an assembled set of eight metric measures, DL*67.0326-.0333.
Maker is Georges Gras of Angers, France; working 1897-1925.
Three-cigar case with snap-closure, hinged lid engraved with leafy scrollwork along the length of each compartment, the middle one with a blank space at center. Push-tab catch. Bottom underside is struck incuse at center along side of middle cigar "STERLING" in sans serif letters next to trademark of a superimposed "W" and "Co" pierced horizontally by a right-facing feathered arrow.
Two-handled, circular bowl with everted rim, flared sides and round bottom on a straight tapered foot ring. Small, cast flowered-type handles are pierced with five voids. Underside of bottom struck incuse with small circular mark of Old Colony Pewter Makers.
Firm's 1928 product catalog (also given by donor) notes this bowl was "patterned after a christening basin" into a functional accent piece, "exquisite" for holding flowers, fruit or desserts. It could be ordered with or without handles.
Carving fork, with matching knife (1986.531.238A). Two-tined with wide flat stem inserted into white metal bolster cap. Tang is fitted into wooden handle: teardrop-shaped, faceted, with widened shoulders near bolster, painted gray with turquoise butt. Metal is scratched. Handle paint is chipped and cracked.
Stem is etched: “STAINLESS STEEL/MADE IN U.S.A.”; diamond around company name (this mark was registered in 1922)
Maker is A&J Manufacturing Company of Binghamton, New York, (founded 1909) which was purchased by Ekco Housewares Company of Chicago, Illinois in 1929, at which time products featured both company's trademarks.
Rectangular case with plain gold (yellow and rose) and engine-turned bands on the rounded lid and back; blank rectangular reserve at center of lid. Gold-washed interior; both halves are lipped to hold matches in place. Push-tab catch with triangular ring at front center; hinge at back. Holder is struck inside under right lip at center "NAPIER" and "14 K&STERLING" in incuse sans serif letters.
Maker is Napier Co. of Meriden, CT; 1922-present (company purchased and Meriden plant closed in 1999, but jewelry under the Napier name is still being produced overseas by the Jones Apparel Group).
Baluster-shape, hinged-lid syrup pitcher and an eight serpentine-lobed saucer or drip plate with angled rim and flat well. Spun pitcher has an inset, curved, V-shaped spout, low-domed lid with curved thumb piece on top, and tapered, S-curve handle with shield terminal. No monograms or surface decoration. Both pieces struck incuse on underside of their flat bottoms with oval trademark for "INSICO / PEWTER" above "530".
Lidless bulbous or bellied measure with a beaded, galleried rim and cast circular flared foot; pint size. Slight bead flanked by pairs of incised lines at shoulder. Tapered, S-scroll handle with arched and stepped thumbrest and lower short terminal attached at seam. Front of body stamped incuse "PINT" in incuse sans serif letters. Rim exterior has two verification marks, one crowned "GR" mark for Birmingham ("6) and one possibly for Renfrew County ("17"). Bottom interior with Y-in-triangle and X maker's mark and exterior with maker's name.
Gaskell & Chambers was established circa 1892 in Birmingham, England; manufacturer of metal bar and drink dispensing equipment (pewter, copper, etc.). They likely made these measures using molds originally owned by James Yates (working under his own name, 1860-1891). Although Gaskell & Chambers did not intend to deceive, their measures have been sold as or faked to be by Yates.
Baluster- or pear-shaped coffeepot with flared, serpentine-lobed rim and molded midband on molded, flared base; inset, high-domed, hinged lid topped by wood button knop fastened with wing nut; double C-scroll spurred handle with split scroll terminal and ivory-colored insulators; and S-curve spout with split, spurred lip, flat sides and rounded face and belly. Underside of body struck incuse "PAIRPOINT / PEWTER" and "P170"in sans serif letters. From three-piece coffee service, 1989.0122.02-.04.
Maker is Pairpoint Corporation of New Bedford, MA; 1880-1958. Started as Pairpoint Manufacturing Company, producing plated mounts for Mt. Washington Glass Company; Pairpoint merged with Mt. Washington in 1894 and name changed to Pairpoint Corporation. Only glass made after 1929.
Two-handled, open, circular piercework sugar bowl resting on the top portion of a pedestal base with a conforming, clear, cobalt blue glass liner. Cast and applied fasces molding at rim. Cast, C-curve, D- or ear-shaped handles have split-scroll terminals and graduated beads along their tops. Bottom underside is struck incuse "QUADRUPLE PLATE" arched above a spider web with "W" in five-pointed star at its center, and "11" below. Pedestal foot missing. From a cream and sugar set, 1977.0918.75-.76.
Maker is E. G. Webster & Son of Brooklyn, NY, 1886-1928.
Circular, round-bottom piercework cream pot on pedestal base with conforming, clear, cobalt blue glass liner. Cast and applied fasces molding around shallow curved rim with wide pouring lip and at circular foot. Cast, D- or ear-shaped handle has split-scroll terminals and graduated beads at top; a small tab that secures the liner in place is mounted to rim in front of it. Bottom underside is struck incuse "QUADRUPLE PLATE" arched above a spider web with "W" in five-pointed star at its center, and "11" below. From cream and sugar set, 1977.0918.75-.76.
Maker is E. G. Webster & Son of Brooklyn, NY, 1886-1928.
Turbine style egg beater or whip made of sheet metal. Large metal crankwheel mounted on upper framework, set vertically above one smaller cog wheel and shaft which enable the mixing motion when cranked by the unpainted wooden crank grip. Circle pattern cut into crankwheel. Single mixing component, vertical steel rod for central component, with circular notched attachment that spins when cranked. Bent sheet metal handle at top. Crank wheel is marked: "TURBINE EGG BEATER/PAT. AUG. 20, 1912/MFGD BY/ THE CASSADY FAIRBANK MFG. CO./CHICAGO, U.S.A."
Maker is the Cassady-Fairbank Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois, which was consolidated with the Wire Goods Company, Worcester, Massachusetts, and the Andrews Wire Company and Iron Works of Rockford under one name, the Washburn Company, in 1922.
Brightcut tongs with large, seven-fingered claw grips, made of one fixed arm having a flared and pointed terminal engraved with a gothic or Old English "W" on front, to which the smaller spring handle is secured with two rivets. Back of fixed arm struck at pointed shoulders with "900 FINE" in incuse serif letters to left of Gorham trademark (right-facing lion passant in rectangle, anchor in pointed shield, and roman letter "G" in rectangle).
Archimedes style beater or whip. Fan-style mixing end, three blades, bent metal wire, which twists at top for shaft and forms loop at top for hanging. Turned knob, wooden, unpainted with metal cap at bottom, when moved up or down, creates mixing action by spinning whip. Metal cap with screw threads to attach at top to accompanying glass jar, clear glass. Jar is cylindrical, straight sides, with molded screw threads at top, molded band of embossed diamonds at top and bottom. Side of jar is embossed with measurements in ounces and pints. Bottom of jar is embossed: "#1133413/2108-3/PAT. MAR. 30TH 1915. U.S.A.", and with other mark: backwards "C" overlapping upside down "V".
Related Patent: US 1133413 A, March 30, 1915, Turnet (or Turney) H. Stough, Jeannette, Pennsylvania, for "Kitchen utensil".
Serpentine square ashtray with vertical rectangular matchbox holder mounted on a flared circular pedestal at center and concave cigarette holders at corners of its shallow, everted sides. Oval-and-double-bead molding along rims of holder and tray. Spring mechanism inside bottom of holder. Tray underside struck with three incuse marks, each at center of three sides, facing inward: trademark "L" hanging in a "C", "STERLING" in sans serif letters, and "1315".