Raised, double-bellied, baluster or pear-shaped teapot with a double-domed, gadrooned-edge, hinged lid topped by a cast spiral-ribbed knop on a short pedestal base with a gadroon-banded, circular foot. Body is engraved on opposite sides with "MB" in conjoined, shaded foliate script in a four-sided, ruffled C-scroll reserve and with the coat of arms of Berkeley inside an asymmetrical, C-scroll cartouche. S-curve spout is scrolled along back and has a shell, anthemion, and pendant drop on front. Spurred, S-curve handle is pinned into an upper socket with pendant shell and drop and a split-scroll lower socket with a curvilinear plate. Hole in body at spout. Underside of rounded bottom is struck twice "WH" in raised script in conforming surround above and below centerpoint (a large "X" scratched over both). Underside of foot engraved "MARY BEALE" in roman letters and "oz Dwt. / 39,,13". Part of an assembled service (coffeepot, sugar bowl and waste bowl), DL*239176, DL*239178, and DL*239179.
Maker is William Hollingshead of Philadelphia, PA; w. 1757-1785.
Two-handled, rectangular, rounded-bottom bowl on a rectangular, stepped pedestal base with applied reeded molding for foot; flared cover is chased with veined leaves and topped by a cast rectangular urn. Body consists of a wide, die-rolled band of grapevine and oak branch decoration at rim and a raised lower section with bulbous upper half and two overlapping rows of chased points around bottom. Right-angled, reeded strap handles. Underside of body is struck with four hallmarks, but no maker's mark; centerpunch visible. Opposite ends of base underside are struck with seller's marks. 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.
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.
Spun circular child's bowl with six Nouveau-style overlays alternating between front and back views of a girl in bonnet seated within a tulip-shaped arrangement of leaves atop a knotty trunk and holding the S-curved stem of a blooming flower. Engraved inscription on side for "Elsie. / April 9\th (double underlined) / 1904. / From / Grandma M\c/Vitty." No foot ring. Underside of flat bottom is struck incuse "Athenic" in gothic or Old English letters above Gorham trademark (lion passant facing right in clipped-corner square, anchor in shield, and gothic or Old English "G" in clipped-corner square), "STERLING", "A2680", and "BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE CO". Underside scuffed along edge. Part of child's bowl and plate set, 1988.0762.02A-B.
Maker is Gorham Manufacturing Co. of Providence, RI, 1831-present. Retailed by Bailey, Banks & Biddle of Philadelphia, PA, 1832-present (originally Bailey & Kitchen, 1832-1841; Bailey & Co., 1851-1878; Bailey, Banks & Biddle, 1878-present).
Child's circular plate with eight Nouveau-style overlays on the everted rim alternating between front and back views of a girl in bonnet seated within a tulip-shaped arrangement of leaves atop a knotty trunk and holding the S-curved stem of a blooming flower. Engraved inscription across the shallow, flat well for "Elsie. / April 9\th (double underlined) / 1904. / From / Grandma M\c/Vitty." No foot ring. Well underside is struck incuse at top "Athenic" in gothic or Old English letters above Gorham trademark (lion passant facing right in clipped-corner square, anchor in shield, and gothic or Old English "G" in clipped-corner square), "STERLING" and "A2681"; and at bottom with an arched stamp for "THE BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE (arched) / COMPANY (straight)" enclosing "925 / 1000". Part of child's bowl and plate set, 1988.0762.02A-B.
Maker is Gorham Manufacturing Co. of Providence, RI, 1831-present. Retailed by Bailey, Banks & Biddle of Philadelphia, PA, 1832-present (originally Bailey & Kitchen, 1832-1841; Bailey & Co., 1851-1878; Bailey, Banks & Biddle, 1878-present).
Electric neckwear presser consisting of a rectangular hot pad mounted on a slightly larger board and a separate, elongated trapezoidal piece of aluminum; both stored along with one sheet of printed directions in a pasteboard box featuring the product name on face and bottom end of cover. Hot pad is covered with a natural color, plain weave cloth and backing board with a red, embossed leather-pattern cloth; black-and-yellow spiral-pattern, woven cloth-covered twisted cord with two-prong, circular plug extends from one end of pad. No marks on hot pad or aluminum tongue.
Maker is Hare Manufacturing Co. of Philadelphia, PA. Rene G. Hare of Ardmore, PA, received U.S. Patent No. 1,886,880 for his "Electric Heating Unit" on November 8, 1932; patent does not cover the entire neckwear pressing device, only the heating unit. Hare's original application was filed February 26, 1929, Serial No. 342,759; it was then divided and this application filed January 14, 1930, Serial No. 429,673.
Chinoiserie and floral repousse chased, raised globular teapot on a double-domed, circular pedestal foot with flared, hinged lid having a downturned, scalloped edge and an Oriental man seated cross-legged with his left hand on left knee and right arm against body for finial. Continuous landscape design around body depicts on one side two men, one wearing a hat and the other standing behind the latticework fence of a pagoda complex, conversing at river's edge with additional pavilions amidst pine and coconut trees at left and on opposite shore and a flower-filled garden urn and sampan at right; opposite side has large pine and coconut trees bending over a bridge to form empty reserve at center. High-loop, C-curve handle composed of overlapping leaves is pinned into ivory insulators with bases of flared leaves. Short S-curve spout covered with acanthus and overlapping ruffled shells; body perforated at spout.
Rounded underside is struck above and below centerpunch "BAILEY & CO." and "PHIL[AD.]" in raised roman letters in rectangles, with "15398" scratched between marks and "#135" scratched upside-down further below.
Part of six-piece coffee and tea service, DL*276317.0001-.0006.
Manually-operated ice-cream freezer, consisting of a exterior cylindrical container or bucket with a hinged crossbar and an interior, cylindrical cream can with friction-fit cover that houses the dasher or scraper-frame. The shaft of the wooden-handled crank fits through the central openings in the crossbar and cream can into the square socket of the bearing attached at bottom on which the dasher also rests. Exterior bucket is pierced with two holes on opposite sides for salt-water overflow. Crossbar is stamped incuse "POLAR STAR / FREEZER / PAT FEB 15 - 1910 / NOTICE / USE ONLY ICE CREAM SALT / NEVER STOP TURNING / AFTER FREEZING BEGINS", while the cream can has "SCALD AFTER USING / DRY ON STOVE TO PREVENT RUST" around its opening. The wire-rimmed bucket is made in two pieces with folded, vertical seams and a folded-edge bottom. All components, except the bucket and cream can, are either cast or forged and detachable.
Elmer I. Young of New York, NY, assignor to Polar Star Company of Philadelphia, PA, filed his application for this ice-cream freezer on February 10, 1908, and received U.S. Patent No. 949,692 for it on February 15, 1910. Young was also one of the Company's founders. Several ice-cream freezers made by different companies are named "Polar Star".
Two-handled, raised globular creamer with overall Chinoiserie and floral repousse chased decoration on a double-domed, circular pedestal foot with flared cover having a downturned, scalloped edge and reclining Oriental man gazing at object in his left hand for finial. Continuous landscape design around body depicts on one side two men in hats, one carrying a lantern on pole, walking towards each other at river's edge amidst five pagodas on both shores, a sampan at left and pine tree in left distance; opposite side has large pine and coconut trees bending over a bridge to form an empty reserve at center. Small, C-curve handles composed of overlapping leaves have bases of flared leaves.
Rounded underside is struck above and below centerpunch "BAILEY & CO." and "PHILADA." in raised roman letters in rectangles, with "#135" scratched below.
Part of six-piece coffee and tea service, DL*276317.0001-.0006.
Raised, circular dish with removable, pierced liner on three, cast, looped and flowering branch feet enclosed by a repousse chased, double-domed cover topped by a cast reclining sheep. Cover is decorated with reserves of flowers, fruits and C scrolls separated by scallop shells in C scrolls and has a cast greek-key patterned band at bottom edge, while bowl has a continuous branch of pendant flowers and leaves with ruffled gadrooning at its wide, flared rim. Dish is struck incuse on the underside of its rounded bottom above and below centerpoint, "STANDARD" and "*P.L.K.*" in serif letters. Cover and liner not marked.
Figural fruit dish with a tapered rectangular base on four bracket feet that is ornamented with a scallop-edged, shell-shape barge or boat on scrolling flowered supports being paddled by a female deity or fairy with star diadem standing atop a flower on the prow. Festoons of laurel leaves and berries hang from the boat's sides. Stamped and chased aesthetic-style designs fill the boat's interior and border the base. A die-rolled band of floral medallions covers the base's sides and additional flowers and large beads adorn its feet. Elements are individually cast and screwed into the base. Underside of base is struck incuse near center with two circular rampant lion marks for "MERIDEN SILVER PLATE CO.", one covered by the X support for the feet and the other deliberately engraved over. The number "4521" is stamped below these marks while a circular plate for "GEO. EAKINS. / PHILADLEPHIA" is affixed above and "41" is engraved to the left.
Color print of a large panoramic view of Philadelphia. The New Jersey shore is in the foreground. A key identifies aspects of the view. Three small vignettes, below the main image above the title, are of the State House, Old Courthouse and Friends Meeting House, and the prison.
Rectangular, rounded-bottom coffeepot on a rectangular, stepped pedestal base with applied reeded molding for foot; flared, hinged lid is chased with veined leaves and topped by a cast rectangular urn. Body consists of a wide, die-rolled band with grapevine and oak branch decoration placed between a raised top with narrow die-rolled band of laurel leaves at opening and a raised lower section with bulbous upper half and two overlapping rows of chased points on bottom. Sharp-angled, acanthus-carved, C-curve handle is pinned into cylindrical reeded sockets. Bellied S-curve spout has a creased inside face and an applied oval on its upper lip. Body perforated at spout. Underside of body is struck with four hallmarks; no maker's mark or centerpunch. Opposite ends of base underside are struck with seller's marks. 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.