Collection Highlights
View of St. Patrick's Cathedral from Inside Rockefeller Center: Study for a Set of Painted Doors
2002
2002.46
Gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on gray paper
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Pitcher
Object name
Pitcher
Date
ca. 1820
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 9 5/8 x 6 5/8 x 9 3/8 in. ( 24.4 x 16.8 x 23.8 cm )
Description
Wrought silver pitcher; raised, inverted pear-shaped body flaring slightly at the bottom, to a circular foot; applied, flat shoulder and cylindrical neck; die-rolled bands of foliate heart-shapes applied around the footring, the shoulder and the rim; high, narrow, extended pouring lip applied to the front of the neck; s-scroll handle, cast in vertical halves, applied to the back of the neck and the body; engraved, "A B" in foliate bright-cut script on the front center of the body; maker's mark on the base.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Sr.; Collection of Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr.
Object Number
1950.336
Marks
Inscription: engraved @ front center: "A B" in foliate bright-cut script
Description: Initials relate to Aaron Belknap (1789-1847), the presumed owner
Mark: stamped on the base: "N. J. BOGERT" in roman letters in a rectangle
Mark: incised into bottom: "1447"
Gallery Label
This pitcher belonged to Aaron Belknap (1789-1847), the great-great-grandfather of Waldron Phoneix Belknap, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
