Collection Highlights
The Great Fire of 1835: View of New York City Taken from Brooklyn Heights on the Same Evening of the Fire
c. 1835
1935.167
Gouache on heavy paper, laid on Japanese paper, wrapped over board
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dessert forks (12)
Object name
Dessert forks (12)
Date
1913
Medium
silver
Dimensions
each overall: 6 7/8 x 1 x 1 in. ( 17.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm )
Description
Twelve silver dessert forks with slightly upturned pointed handles with chamfered borders, threaded shield reserves engraved, "S" in gothic script with embossed laurel garlands around on the fronts and full midribs on the undersides; four curved tines on each with arched drops; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handles.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
1942.110d.1-12
Marks
engraved: on the handle: "S" in gothic script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: Native-American bust conforming, "STERLING" in a scrolled cartouche
Gallery Label
This silver service was presented to William Sulzer (1863-1941), the former governor of New York State, by his Congressional District on his 50th birthday in 1913.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
