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
Pitcher and tray
Object name
Pitcher and tray
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Part (tray): 1 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (3.2 x 33.7 cm)
Part (pitcher): 9 1/8 x 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (23.2 x 16.5 x 21 cm)
Description
Wrought silver pitcher and tray in the Chrysanthemum pattern; "M B M" engraved on the front of the body and the center of the tray in foliate script; makers' marks on the bases.
Credit Line
Gift of Wilmot T. Cox
Object Number
1939.415ab
Marks
engraved: center front of the pitcher and center of the tray: "MBM" in foliate script
stamped: on the base of the pitcher: "TIFFANY & Co/ 5724 MAKERS 5956/ STERLING SILVER/ 925-1000/ T/ 3 1/4 PINTS"
stamped: on the base of the tray: "TIFFANY & Co/ 5716 MAKERS 6734/ STERLING SILVER/ 925-1000/ T/ 13 IN."
Gallery Label
This pitcher and accompanying tray were a wedding gift to Wilmot Townsend Cox of Glen Cove, Long Island and Maria Duane Bleecker of Long Beach, Long Island, who married in 1896.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
