Collection Highlights
Tool chest with tools
chest ca. 1790; tools ca. 1790-1850
L.1927.1
Outer case of painted pine; inner till of mahogany with ivory and brass.
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Luce Center
Coffee and tea service
Object name
Coffee and tea service
Date
1845
Medium
Silver and ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 7 3/4 x 10 3/8 x 6 3/4 in. (19.7 x 26.4 x 17.1 cm)
Description
Wrought silver coffee and tea service consisting of a coffeepot, teapot, hot water pot, sugar bowl with lid, creamer and waste bowl; raised circular forms with bulbous lower bodies with all over chased and repouss
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. R. McAllister Lloyd for the Waldron Phoenix Belknap Collection
Object Number
1982.8a-f
Marks
Mark: all pieces stamped on the bases: "GELSTON & TREADWELL" in a rectangle above "NEW-YORK" in a rectangle
Inscription: each piece is engraved in script on the bases: "J. L. M./ from her aunt/ H. A. L."
Engraving: All pieces bear variation of the Lenox arms in form of diamond at center-front cartouche reserve separated into four quarters with crosses and roses at quarters two and three, and lion rampant at quarters one and four.
Gallery Label
Wedding gift to Jennet Lenox Maitland (1816-1889) from her Aunt Henrietta Anderson Lenox when she married Aaron Betts Belknap (1816-1880) on August 3, 1845. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Betts Belknap were the great-grand parents of Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr. Mr. Lloyd, one of the donors, was a cousin of Mr. Phoenix Belknap Jr. as well.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
