Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
1779
1817.13
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coffee and tea service (5 pc.)
Object name
Coffee and tea service (5 pc.)
Date
1859
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
see individual records
Description
Seamed silver Classical Revival coffee and tea service consisting of a coffee pot, tea pot, stands for each, sugar bowl, creamer and waste bowl; curved and fluted bodies decorated all over with floral steel roller-die decoration and the initials "L S L H" in script in a shield shaped reserve; makers marks on the base.
Credit Line
Gift of Sarah Lawrence Horn and Mary Thurston Horn
Object Number
1935.50a-h
Marks
Inscription: engraved in shield-shaped reserve: "L S L H"
Description: related to owner, Lydia S. Lawrence Horn, daughter of John L. Lawrence and wife of William Thurston Horn.
Mark: stamped on all pieces except stands at base underside: "4"
Mark: each piece is stamped on base with maker's hallmarks incuse, including Gale date mark: "G/ &/ W" in a rectangle over circle over diamond containing year "1859".
Engraving: all pieces have bright-cut engraved foliate, swag, and garland patterns reportedly executed with "steel roller die" and by hand; center-front and -back of each vessel has bright-cut engraved engrailed shield surrounded by beading with foliate design.
Gallery Label
Belonged to Lydia S. Lawrence Horn, daughter of John L. Lawrence and wife of William Thurston Horn.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
