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View of Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, New York
after 1883
1904.22
Black ink, white gouache, and graphite on photo-sensitive paper, laid on card
Artist/Maker: Charles Magnus & Company

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Oyster tureen

Oyster tureen
Oyster tureen
Object name 
Oyster tureen
Date 
1863
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Tiffany & Co.
Medium 
Silver
Dimensions 
Overall: 12 1/4 x 12 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 31.1 x 32.4 x 23.5 cm ) Silver Weight: 53 oz (troy) 19 dwt (1678 g)
Description 
Wrought and cast silver covered bowl; deep bowl shaped body with an applied egg and trefoil dart band below the plain rim; seated on a circular splayed pedestal with a molded bead band around the joint and around the edge of the foot; two cast, reeded strap handles crimped in the center with a beaded ring and arrow heads applied to each side of the body with cast ram's head joints; stepped and domed lid with a molded beaded band around the center; cast helmet finial screwed through the center of the lid; engraved on the front center, "PRESENTED/ to/ Judge Advocate General/ William Henry Anthon./ BY THE/ Commissioners and Surgeons of Drafting/ in the/ CITY of NEW YORK./ AS A/ Testimonial/ of their appreciation of the eminent ability and unswerving/ integrity with which the proceeding preparatory to the draft were conducted./ Dated New York, April 1863./ Maj.r Gen. C. W. Sandford/ Maj.r Gen. H. T. Kiersted../ Brig. Gen. Wm. Hall....../ P. B. Mauran . M.D......./ R. A. McCurdy. EsqE...../ COMMITTEE" in multiple scripts; makers' marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line 
Gift of Stuyvesant Fish
Object Number 
1946.94ab
Marks 
engraved: front center: "PRESENTED/ to/ Judge Advocate General/ William Henry Anthon./ BY THE/ Commissioners and Surgeons of Drafting/ in the/ CITY of NEW YORK./ AS A/ Testimonial/ of their appreciation of the eminent ability and unswerving/ integrity with which the proceeding preparatory to the draft were conducted./ Dated New York, April 1863./ Maj.r Gen. C. W. Sandford/ Maj.r Gen. H. T. Kiersted../ Brig. Gen. Wm. Hall....../ P. B. Mauran . M.D......./ R. A. McCurdy. EsqE...../ COMMITTEE" in multiple scripts stamped: on the base: "TIFFANY & CO." in a banner over "919" over ENGLISH STERLING/ 925-1000" in a conforming rectangle over "7919" over "550 BROADWAY" in a banner, and "M" in oval on either side of mark.
Gallery Label 
This oyster tureen was presented to Judge Advocate General William Henry Anthon (1827-1875) by the New York City Drafting Board, in appreciation of his services setting up the draft for the Civil War. Anthon, a leading New York City lawyer, was engaged to conduct the city's draft, but before he completed his measures another system was adopted. The implementation of the draft in July 1863 sparked protests that turned into three days of rioting, in which over one hundred people were killed.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.