Collection Highlights
Builder's Model of the U.S.S. "Monitor"
1862
1862.9
Wood, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Creamer
Object name
Creamer
Date
ca. 1845
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/8 x 6 x 4 7/8 in. ( 15.6 x 15.2 x 12.4 cm )
Description
Wrought silver creamer; raised circular form with bulbous lower body, chased and repouss
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. R. McAllister Lloyd for the Waldron Phoenix Belknap Collection
Object Number
1982.8e
Marks
engraved: on the base: "J. L. M./ from her aunt/ H. A. L."
stamped: on the base: "GELSTON & TREADWELL" in a rectangle above "NEW-YORK" in a rectangle
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.
