Collection Highlights
Brandywine bowl (brandewijnkom)
ca. 1700
1911.38
Silver
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coffee and tea service (4 pc.)
Object name
Coffee and tea service (4 pc.)
Date
ca. 1855
Medium
Silver, ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 7 in. (23.5 x 28.6 x 17.8 cm)
Description
Silver coffee and tea service consisting of a coffeepot, teapot, sugar bowl with lid, creamer and waste bowl; circular wide-bellied forms with narrow applied and seamed necks and narrow bases; flat bottomed; cast c-scrolls, s-scrolls, and fleur-de-lis applied to the rims; four applied feet cast as trefoils with cast c-scrolls forming the rest of the rims around the bases; high domed lids with acanthus-torch finials; hollow, cast c-scroll handles, with each handle partly covered by acanthus leaves; chased, repouss
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Andrew Oliver
Object Number
1976.55a-f
Marks
stamped: on bases (except coffeepot): "W. G & S" in a conforming rectangle over "W/ G/ &/ S"
Inscription: each piece is engraved at center-front cartouche reserve with script initials: "T M & M S B"
stamped: on base of coffeepot: "G/ &/ W" in a conforming rectangle above "925 STERLING/ GALE & WILLIS/ 447 BROOME ST/ NEW YORK"
Engraving: Each vessel has allover repousse and chased scrolls, flowers, and foliage with engraved details.
Gallery Label
This coffee and tea service was made for Thomas Marston Beare (1806-1869) and his wife Mary Saltonstall Beare (1807-1869), whose initials it bears. The same handle and rim decoration can be found on an ewer in