Handleless seamed cylindrical cup with straight tapered sides and applied molded rim and foot ring; flat bottom set in. Engraved on exterior "PME" in conjoined foliate script. Bottom underside struck once "C•A•BURNETT" in raised serif letters in a rectangle flanked by a right-facing, standing spreadwing eagle in a clipped-corner surround (the one at left right-side up; the one at right upside-down).
Maker is Charles A. Burnett (1769-1849), who worked in Fredericksburg, VA from 1788-93; Alexandria, VA from 1793-96; and Georgetown, DC from 1796-circa 1840.
Small, aqua-green tray with ogee bracket sides, realistically painted with two strawberries and three leaves still on their stems across well; gilt rim. Stamped as a single piece with flat rim, tapered sides, and flat bottom. No marks.
The donor recalled purchasing this tray around 1950 in Washington, D.C., either at Garfinckel's, a local, upscale department store, or at Little Caledonia, a small home furnishings and fabrics store in Georgetown.
Plain, two-handled, squat, ovoid sugar bowl on cylindrical, bead-molded base with an inset, almost flat cover topped by mushroom knop. Two, D- or ear-shaped handles. Underside of flat bottom struck with four incuse marks for maker and pattern. Sugar bowl and creamer set, 1983.0566.03-.04.
Maker is Colonial Silver Co. of Portland, ME; in business, 1899-1943.
Small, two-tiered stand having two, graduated, single-reeded circular dishes with flared sides and flat wells connected by a central handle with horizontal oval grip and two, incurved, faceted or hexagonal segments on the shaft; no foot ring or base. No monogram or surface decoration. Underside of lower dish struck incuse with "P" in diamond trademark between "PAIRPOINT", "P6613", and "PEWTER", all in sans serif letters; "mho" scratched at top left.
Plain, squat, ovoid creamer on cylindrical, bead-molded base with an inset, rounded V spout and D- or ear-shaped handle. Underside of flat bottom struck with four incuse marks for maker and pattern. Sugar bowl and creamer set, 1983.0566.03-.04.
Maker is Colonial Silver Co. of Portland, ME; in business, 1899-1943. Dish 1989.0122.07, also made by Colonial Silver, came from the same donor; not known if the sugar bowl and creamer relate to it.
Souvenir or commemorative circular plate with the winged Lion of Saint Mark as seen on the Venetian coat of arms chased on its well, depicted slightly in perspective standing left with haloed head towards viewer and right front paw holding a sword and resting on an open book inscribed "PAX / TIBI / MAR / CE" and "EVAN / GEL / ISTA" (Latin for "Peace unto you, Mark, (my) evangelist"). Running punchwork borders of a sun or star motif around well and arches or scallops above eight-petaled daisies inside single-reeded rim. No foot ring. Several wrigglework letters and numbers on underside, including "C(?)", "B.L." and "25" on rim and "G P" on well. No decipherable touch marks.
Single-reeded circular plate with a chased and repoussé depiction of Saint George slaying the dragon, identified as "S\t. GEORGVS" along top and encircled by a punch work dot or circle border. Rim is stamped with arches and sets of four horizontal hash marks; no foot ring. Reserve at top of rim face is engraved "M.C.M.H." in script. Underside stamped before decorated three times with an oval touch mark containing the winged figure of Justice, a date "18[??]" beneath her feet, "I.C. GRUNWALD" in raised serif letters above and a partial word "F(?)E(???)" below.
Pewterer is Johann Conrad Grunewald of Bayreuth, Germany, early 19th century.
Thin rectangular bar of iron forged into a tight spiral at one end. No marks.
Maker is Keyser Brothers Iron Works, 4041 Ridge Ave. in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA, 1928-1971. Run by James Moore Bryant Keyser (1902-1977) and master blacksmith Howard Keyser III (1904-1980). Specialized in residential and ecclesiastical ornamental wrought ironwork, including the High Altar Gates in the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. The forge was housed in an 1850s stone industrial complex that was dismantled in 1971 (documented by HABS/HAER).
Molded and free-blown glass holiday or Christmas ornament in the shape of a Dublin pipe. Curved handle that narrows towards end. Round, decorative cap is molded with several bands of decorative motifs: a band of petals, S curls, and beading. Matte pale gold, with the molded cap painted yellow-gold, white, and pink. Metal cap is attached to top of molded cap, with bent metal loop and white and pink cotton strings attached for hanging. No mark. Molds of this form were used prior to 1940.
Pear-shaped or "Queen Anne" teapot on short, vertical foot ring with a bell-domed, hinged lid topped by ball-and-spool knop; peaked D- or ear-shaped handle pinned into cylindrical sockets; and shallow, S-scroll spout with flat, oval lip. Two pairs of incised lines around lid and shoulder. Body perforated at spout. Underside of flat bottom struck incuse with small circular mark of Old Colony Pewter Makers.
Illustrated in firm's 1928 product catalog (also given by donor).
Long V-bottom holder supported on curvilinear triangular end plates with D- or ear-shaped handles, rectangular in section. No monogram or surface decoration. Inside face of one support struck incuse with "P & B" in three separate hearts above "PEWTER" at bottom left and "465" at bottom right.
Tapered oval, serpentine-paneled container with inset flared oval lid topped by a ball finial hinged to a wavy-rimmed, tapered collar at center of its flat top. Cast lion's-mask-and-ring handles at ends; applied cast ruffled bands around rim of collar, and at top and bottom of body. Inset flat bottom incised at center underside "10122 / TP1 (underline) / Pl. =". No other marks.
Plain-rim, machine-engraved circular plate featuring the coat of arms of Prussia, consisting of a crowned, spreadwing, shield-body eagle bearing Frederick the Great's "FR" monogram and grasping an orb and scepter in its talons. Rim face is decorated in four segments, each with a semicircular, petaled motif against a textured ground; no foot ring. Underside is engraved "N.B." and "Tieling (four-dot diamond)" with "T" scratched to its right on rim, and struck with two touch marks at center of well, the raised serif letters "SP" and "HSS" across a combined figure of an anchor becoming a "4" and "+" at its top, both in shaped shields.
Gravy or sauce ladle with a circular bowl deeply grooved along its center and everted at back ends of its rim; downturned rounded handle with midrib on back. Front of handle features an asymmetrical bright cut design of two angled patterned bands below three circular flowers and a drooping branch; inside of bowl has two five-petaled flowers on stems, diaper patterning, and wrigglework outlines. No marks.
Souvenir or commemorative circular plate for Naumburg, Germany, machine-engraved and -stamped with the city's name above crossed-key-and-sword coat of arms in flat well; single-reeded rim and well are bordered by pairs of undulating lines punctuated by small squares and rectangles, with "1800." engraved inside top face of rim. No foot ring. Underside of rim is engraved ".W.M.S."., while well has three, clipped-corner square marks arranged in a circle at center, stamped once with a crowned shield bearing crossed hammers and stamped twice with a touch mark of "C G / B" in raised serif letters across an anchor becoming a "4" at top with "1708" below.